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JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1943 – July 18, 1967
Service recordJay Barklow Martine JR, of Buchanan, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Buchanan, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 87
- LEONARD KUBIAKSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- PAUL ALFRED MACKAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 87
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 88
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Buchanan
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE FLETCHERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · September 26, 1968
- GERALD PRZYBYLINSKILance Corporal · February 25, 1969
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.