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JAKE MARTINEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1947 – December 4, 1969
Service recordJake Martinez, of Lytle, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Lytle, Texas (Atascosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 24
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- CLEVELAND PITTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES SCHOENEWALDHospitalman · December 4, 1969
From Lytle
- TINEY W WINTERSSergeant · February 23, 1968
- RONALD LEE SUMMERSSergeant · October 8, 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.