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DOUGLAS KENT MARTIN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1947 – April 18, 1973
Service recordDouglas Kent Martin, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 18, 1973, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 117
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 18, 1973
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1973. In April 1973, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 117
- SAMUEL LARRY JAMESCaptain · April 18, 1973
- EDWARD R SITZSergeant · April 21, 1973
- LARRY EDWARD LAWSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1973
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.