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EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – February 10, 1969
Service recordEddie Anthony Martinez JR, of Belen, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Belen, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 7
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · February 10, 1969
- DENNIS ALFRED JEZIORSKICorporal · February 10, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD LOVELLCorporal · February 10, 1969
- HUGER LEE PHELPSPetty Officer Third Class · February 10, 1969
From Belen
- MICHAEL LEON LOVATOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN STANTON WILSONCaptain · February 23, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 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.