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CARL RAYMOND MARTIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 26, 1942 – May 21, 1969
Service recordCarl Raymond Martin, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 68
- ENRIQUE MARTINEZCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN MODDERMANLance Corporal · May 21, 1969
- LEE ALLAN NAPIERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.