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CLIFFORD B MARTIN JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 16, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordClifford B Martin JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- 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
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 9
- TRISTAL MACIASCorporal · May 29, 1968
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSHUA MOSESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1968
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.