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HENRY RONALD MARTIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1944 – May 9, 1971
Service recordHenry Ronald Martin, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 28
- HERBERT D GOTT IIISpecialist Four · May 9, 1971
- JOHN JAMES WOODRUMCaptain · May 9, 1971
- KLAUS YRURGEN BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- DAVID DANA CAMPBELLSergeant · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE DOOLITTLESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 27
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.