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GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1936 – June 8, 1969
Service recordGeorge Francis Martinez, of Newton, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 113
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Newton, Kansas (Harvey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 113
- DAVID LEROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- RONALD WALSH MCLEANFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1969
- HERMAN RAY MORRISPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- ALBERT DANNY OWENSWarrant Officer 1 · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 23W, Line 111
- JOHN EDWARD LORENCECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 112
- ROBERT ROY SHERIDANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 114
- TERRY EDWARD TOOLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 115
- ROY LEACY WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 115
From Newton
- JAMES LEEROY NORTHROPSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES SOUTHERNPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · August 19, 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.