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DONNIE JOE MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordDonnie Joe Martin, of Frankfort, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Indiana (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 46
- HENRY RALPH LONGSTONLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MORINAPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- JEFFREY LYLE WHYNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JACKSONPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 50
From Frankfort
- DENNIS EUGENE HILLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ELDON ALLEN BAKERSergeant · April 26, 1968
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- GREGORY STAN MUNDELLPrivate First Class · September 17, 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.