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JERRY DEAN MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – November 3, 1970
Service recordJerry Dean Martin, of Bedford, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Bedford, Indiana (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 3, 1970
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 61
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- CALVIN ANDREW NORRISStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT PANTALLSergeant · November 3, 1970
- JERRY LEE WALKERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN HALECaptain · Panel 6W, Line 37
- PERRY CASTELLION KITCHENSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 37
- DENNIS IRVIN DAYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 60
- RICHARD CLAIR DORITYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 60
- DAVID LANDRELL GINNSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 60
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- CALVIN ANDREW NORRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- JAMES ROBERT PANTALLSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- JOHN DANIEL SHEWMAKE SRSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 62
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 62
From Bedford
- ROBERT LEE SCOFIELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DENNIS OPAL BOLTONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- DALLAS DEWEY CUMMINGSPetty Officer Second Class · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MONTY DOUGLAS PRUSHPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
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.