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JERRY WAYNE MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – April 5, 1969
Service recordJerry Wayne Martin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 20
- WILLIE LEE LOWEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- MIKOLAW MELNYKLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- STEVEN MICHALSKICorporal · April 5, 1969
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HERCLIFF GAMBOA JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 17
- HUGH GILBERT HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 18
- WILLIAM MARVIN LIGHTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 19
- BOYCE DEAN PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 21
- LARRY RIEK RIEKENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.