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JAMES EDWARD MARTIN
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 27, 1942 – February 17, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Martin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 17, 1968, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Unit (as recorded)
- OBSRON 67
- Born
- December 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “OBSRON 67”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 74
- DENNIS JAY LULOFSSergeant · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS MANGUM JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- THOMAS OTIS MEEKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAYBORN WILLIS ASHBY JRPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 39E, Line 69
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 39E, Line 69
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · Panel 39E, Line 70
- PAUL NICHOLAS DONATOPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39E, Line 70
- GLENN MILLER HAYDENCommander · Panel 39E, Line 71
- JAMES STEPHEN KRAVITZLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 39E, Line 73
- JAMES CHARLES WONNEnsign · Panel 39E, Line 77
- CURTIS FRANK THURMANLieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 78
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.