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EUGENE OSCAR MARTINEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1950 – October 23, 1969
Service recordEugene Oscar Martinez, of Jacksboro, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksboro, Texas (Jack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 109
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1969
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- GALEN MINOR SMITHPrivate First Class · October 23, 1969
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.