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DENNIS KEITH MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – July 10, 1970
Service recordDennis Keith Martin, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 8
- DONNY JOE BRASWELLCorporal · July 10, 1970
- ROY ALBERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
- JOHN SAMUELS MYERSStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1970
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN CAMPBELLSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE OLDHAMSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 6
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.