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EZEKIAL MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1951 – March 30, 1970
Service recordEzekial Martinez, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 61
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 14, 1951
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 61
- JAMES JACOBSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1970
- JOHN ALBERT KIMZEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- JACKIE LINN LUNDELLLance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- HARRY E BAKER JRSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.