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JERRY LEWIS MARTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1946 – June 6, 1970
Service recordJerry Lewis Martin, of Groose Ponte Woods, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Groose Ponte Woods, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 21
- ALBERT ROMERO CORTEZLance Corporal · June 6, 1970
- ANDRES ORTIZ-LEBRONCorporal · June 6, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE PACEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1970
- JOSEPH SEBASTIAN SANCHEZSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
From Groose Ponte Woods
- JOHN MAURICE MYERSHospitalman · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · May 23, 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.