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GEORGE WILLIS MARTIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1929 – October 11, 1964
Service recordGeorge Willis Martin, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 30, 1929
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1964
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 66
- GARY RONALD RIGGINSCaptain · October 7, 1964
- MANFORD LLOYD KLEIVChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 9, 1964
- ROBERT JUDE REILLYCaptain · October 11, 1964
- JAMES MALCOLM BECKNERAirman First Class · October 16, 1964
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JUDE REILLYCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 66
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 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.