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ASA MARTIN JR
Private · U.S. Army
October 16, 1949 – February 2, 1969
Service recordAsa Martin JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 41
- CHARLES EDWARD INLOWPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- RANDALL LEE JENKINSLance Corporal · February 2, 1969
- CARL RANDOLPH KECKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RYAN RAMSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 36
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- WAYNE DOUGLAS GROATSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 39
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 42
- CLARENCE LEE MCKINNONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 42
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.