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ERIE A MARTIN JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1926 – July 20, 1965
Service recordErie A Martin JR, of Danville, Virginia, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 41
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1926
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 41
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- CLAYTON JOHN MANSFIELD JRCaptain · July 20, 1965
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
From Danville
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.