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HARRY PEMBERTON MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1945 – June 9, 1968
Service recordHarry Pemberton Martin, of Martinsville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Virginia (Martinsville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 11
- MANUEL FLOYD MARTINEZSergeant · June 9, 1968
- GERALD LEON MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · June 9, 1968
- DARRELL CONDIE MIZNERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM MOTSINGERStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Martinsville
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · February 24, 1968
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 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.