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EZRA BUDD MARTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – April 1, 1970
Service recordEzra Budd Marter, of Burlington, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 71
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 71
- NATHAN JAMES MANNCorporal · April 1, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ELDON WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE MULLINSPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 76
From Burlington
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- HAROLD HENASEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
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.