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BRUCE EDWARD MARTIN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1951 – February 22, 1970
Service recordBruce Edward Martin, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 46
- HAROLD LYNN CHITWOODPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- GEORGE ELI MATTOCKSLance Corporal · February 22, 1970
- THOMAS RICHARD MOORE JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1970
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
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.