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GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1944 – November 11, 1965
Service recordGilivaldo A Martinez JR, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- October 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “498 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 41
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · November 11, 1965
- WILBUR WILLIAM IVANOVSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- THEODORE SHAMBLINStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 41
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 1971
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.