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HARRY WILLIAM MARTIN
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 20, 1931 – April 10, 1967
Service recordHarry William Martin, of Silsbee, Texas, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 20, 1931
- Home of record
- Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 11
- MICHAEL HUGH LAMBSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- JODY MAC LANGLEYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE LONGSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- SALVADOR MARTINEZ NAVAPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
From Silsbee
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- EDDIE LYNN LANCASTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
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.