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EDWIN J MARTINEZ-MERCADO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – November 11, 1967
Service recordEdwin J Martinez-Mercado, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 74
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 74
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- LARRY MARTINSergeant · November 11, 1967
- WELDON JOHN MILESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- LARRY MARTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 74
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- GARY FRANCIS SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 76
- ROBERT MILTON STATON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 76
- JOHN STEINER STUCKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.