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CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1944 – October 16, 1967
Service recordClayton Arthur Martin, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 16
- JOSE LOPEZSergeant · October 16, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MIDDLETONStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 14
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 14
- DENZELL RAY MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 16
From Idaho Falls
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERGSergeant · May 4, 1970
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.