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DONALD LAWRENCE MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – January 18, 1970
Service recordDonald Lawrence Martin, of Jackson, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 43
- DONALD ROBERT COLGLAZIERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD GAMBILLLance Corporal · January 18, 1970
- BILLY GERALD HARRISONCorporal · January 18, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY HECTOR JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD FORDSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 42
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 44
- MARK EDWARD TONTISpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WITEKSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 45
From Jackson
- ALBERT LEWIS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.