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ISRAEL MARTINEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1950 – August 30, 1969
Service recordIsrael Martinez JR, of Great Neck, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Great Neck, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 11
- ROBERT ALAN HANEYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant First Class · August 30, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KELLEYStaff Sergeant · August 30, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · August 30, 1969
From Great Neck
- THOMAS WESLEY BRITTON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR STEWART MEARNSColonel · November 11, 1966
- KENNETH MICHAEL MONTONESergeant · September 21, 1967
- ANTON D BLOEMHARDFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 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.