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FREDERICK L MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – February 29, 1968
Service recordFrederick L Martin, of New Bern, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- New Bern, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42E, Line 7
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN LENTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- MICHAEL EMMETT MARTINSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- VERNON JOSEPH MILLER JRCorporal · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 3
- CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 8
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 9
- EDGAR CLAY SPENCESergeant · Panel 42E, Line 10
From New Bern
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 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.