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IRVIN EUGENE MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 19, 1949 – January 24, 1969
Service recordIrvin Eugene Martin, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 71
- JAY BARRY LEVINSONCorporal · January 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HERBERT MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE WESTMORELANDSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR CORDOVASpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 70
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.