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ERNEST TYRONE MARTIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1939 – January 15, 1968
Service recordErnest Tyrone Martin, of Compton, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 54
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 54
- CHARLES WILLIAM IRBYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT MATHIASLance Corporal · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES BOSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- BRIAN THOMAS CADYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 53
- CHARLES WILLIAM IRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 54
- THOMAS ROGER WATTSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 55
- RICHARD HAROLD WALKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 56
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.