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ERNIE ROBLES MARTINEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 7, 1945 – October 30, 1971
Service recordErnie Robles Martinez, of Norwalk, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 56
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 56
- JACK ALLEN GARNESSergeant · October 30, 1971
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 30, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL SELIXStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICKSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 57
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.