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BILLY RICHARD MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – December 12, 1966
Service recordBilly Richard Martinez, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 39
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 39
- DONALD F LEKOVISHPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES MARSHLance Corporal · December 12, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN MOSSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- MICHAEL LEWIS NOTTAGESpecialist Five · December 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY ALLEN GEBHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 38
- JOHNNY ROBERT HOLLANDFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 38
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEWIS NOTTAGESpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 39
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.