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DANNY GALE MARTIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – December 1, 1969
Service recordDanny Gale Martin, of Franklin, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 610 ENG CO 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Tennessee (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 13
- DOLROY FRANCIESPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- PATRICK JOHN HAYESCaptain · December 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- FREDDIE LERON LONGSpecialist Four · December 1, 1969
From Franklin
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 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.