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ISIDRO MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1944 – April 5, 1966
Service recordIsidro Martinez, of Mercedes, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Mercedes, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 85
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- HAROLD WAYNE LOWTHERSpecialist Five · April 5, 1966
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHERSergeant · April 5, 1966
From Mercedes
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- TOMAS MARROQUIN JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- JOHN DOSS ALLENLance Corporal · May 24, 1970
- EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1971
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.