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EDWIN WOODS MARTIN JR
Major · U.S. Army
May 9, 1934 – June 23, 1967
Service recordEdwin Woods Martin JR, of Polacca, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Civil Affairs Officer (G5, S5) (8105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Polacca, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 55
- SAM RAYMOND JONESSergeant · June 23, 1967
- ELLIS A MCBRIDE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- CLIFFORD N MIZEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY STEPHEN BYFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 52
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 53
From Polacca
- JACK POOLA PASHANOSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.