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CARLOS MARTINEZ DELGADO
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1951 – February 20, 1971
Service recordCarlos Martinez Delgado, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 123
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1951
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 123
- CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERSFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- RICHARD BERYL FRAZIERSergeant · February 20, 1971
- DENNIS ELBERT GILLILANDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 124
- JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 126
- CHARLES E BOVINETTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 127
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.