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BUDDY RAY MARTIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1948 – July 10, 1967
Service recordBuddy Ray Martin, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 44
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 44
- SIGURD MARTIN MESSERHospitalman Apprentice · July 10, 1967
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- STEVE VICTOR MYLANTCorporal · July 10, 1967
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.