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DELVIN CARL MARTINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – November 28, 1969
Service recordDelvin Carl Martinson, of Benson, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Benson, Minnesota (Swift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 2
- NATHANIEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- RONALD LEE SPENCELance Corporal · November 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL THURSTON GIBSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 130
- DANIEL THOMAS HUNTSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 1
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.