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BOBBY JOE MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordBobby Joe Martinez, of Ft Wingate, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wingate, New Mexico (Mckinley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 23
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 25
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 28
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.