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JIM DANIEL MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordJim Daniel Martinez, of Chamisal, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Chamisal, New Mexico (Taos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 23
- BENTON MICHAUDCorporal · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- JAMES MARK MORGANStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MUNCYSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 26
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.