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BENNIE LOUIS MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1943 – February 14, 1968
Service recordBennie Louis Martin, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 36
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS YORK OSBORNEFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- LUTHER PAGE JRStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ARVIS BEAVERSSpecialist Five · Panel 39E, Line 28
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 33
- DAVID GENE ISBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 34
- RONALD FRANK KLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 35
- DONALD LEE LLOYDStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 35
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 36
- CHARLES OTIS PENNEYSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 37
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 37
- JOSE JUAN SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 39
- VERNON S TSCHERTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 40
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
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.