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HAROLD DOUGLAS MARTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1943 – October 23, 1968
Service recordHarold Douglas Martin, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Adjutant Or Adjutant General (2110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 25
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN PARKERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- MARION EUGENE REEDMajor · October 23, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 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.