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DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JR
Major · U.S. Army
March 25, 1928 – February 12, 1966
Service recordDaniel Morris Martz JR, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 27
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 25, 1928
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 27
- GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- STEPHEN GEOFFREY LORDLance Corporal · February 12, 1966
- HENRY HERBERT MEASLEY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
From Michigan City
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
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.