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CHARLES LEROY MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 6, 1949 – May 16, 1971
Service recordCharles Leroy Martin, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 37
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 37
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1971
- DONALD ODELL CARTERPrivate · May 16, 1971
- LEONARD DANIEL MONTESSergeant · May 16, 1971
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · May 16, 1971
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.