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CLYDE THOMAS MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 4, 1949 – May 7, 1969
Service recordClyde Thomas Martin, of Iva, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 17
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Iva, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 17
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · May 7, 1969
- JOHN F MATTAROCCHIA JRSergeant · May 7, 1969
- HENRY EUGENE RUSSELLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
From Iva
- HORACE JONESSpecialist Four · January 5, 1969
- MELVIN BOWMANSergeant · May 6, 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.