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JEFFREY LEA MARTIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1944 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Lea Martin, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- August 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 30
- DONALD JOSEPH GREENECorporal · July 29, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- SOLOMON LEARYCorporal · July 29, 1968
- PHILIP MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.