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DONNIE RICHARD MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 18, 1950 – October 12, 1970
Service recordDonnie Richard Martin, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 129
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 129
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- CASEY CLAYTON PERRYPrivate · October 12, 1970
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 1970
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.