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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Darrell G Martin.

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DARRELL G MARTIN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

May 22, 1947 – May 21, 1968

Service record

Darrell G Martin, of Mccomas, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 64E · Line 17

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Unit (as recorded)
SVC BTRY 1 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
Born
May 22, 1947
Home of record
Mccomas, West Virginia (Mercer County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 21, 1968
Age
20
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Mccomas

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.