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DONAIL MARTIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 19, 1946 – November 28, 1966
Service recordDonail Martin, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 127
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 127
- MERCED HERMAN GONZALESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- DAVID LEE SIVERLYFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1966
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
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.