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JAMES EMMETT MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordJames Emmett Martin, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 1
- HARRY JOHN KENNEYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ELMER MARVIN KIVELPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- JERRY SMITH LEONARDPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · Panel 40W, Line 70
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THURL GUY CARTER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · Panel 40W, Line 72
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- JAMES EDDIE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 1
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 2
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 3
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.