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BILLY JOE RALPH MARTIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – May 31, 1969
Service recordBilly Joe Ralph Martin, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 28
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · May 31, 1969
- JOHN N LACHICASergeant First Class · May 31, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT LEWISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
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.