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JAMES HENRY MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 14, 1945 – July 23, 1968
Service recordJames Henry Martin, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 42
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE MITCHELLCaptain · July 23, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GEORGE HEYDORNSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 40
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 45
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.