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DAVIE JOE MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – February 15, 1967
Service recordDavie Joe Martin, of Minford, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Minford, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 32
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY FALATOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERVYN MAURICE CARSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 31
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 37
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.