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ERNEST RAYMOND MARTIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1937 – September 25, 1966
Service recordErnest Raymond Martie, of Chandler, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Chandler, Oklahoma (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDERFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- HOWARD WADE JACKSONCorporal · September 25, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 12
- GARY RUSSELL DOPPPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 13
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 16
- TERRY LYNN PUNDSACKSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 17
- ROBERT MITCHELL WATERSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 18
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 19
From Chandler
- JAMES MARION BUCKPrivate First Class · January 27, 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.