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JAMES LOUIS MARTIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – June 16, 1968
Service recordJames Louis Martin, of Shelby, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Shelby, Michigan (Oceana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 6
- FREDDIE LEE MCNEILCorporal · June 16, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD MILLERLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY LEE MOORELance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 1
- JAN ARTHUR CARMODYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 1
- GARY CAROL HUTCHERSONSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 4
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 5
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 7
- CHARLES ALLEN RYGGPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- DONALD HENRY STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 9
- JOHN ROBERT TAGUESpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 9
- RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 10
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 11
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.