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JIMMIE CARTER MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – March 6, 1967
Service recordJimmie Carter Martin, of Gardena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 30
- DAVID GEORGE OUELLETSeaman · March 6, 1967
- STEPHEN GRADY PECKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM CLAUDE POOLEMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- VIRGUS FREDRICK RAMSEY JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESUS GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 28
- EDWARD NOBORU KANESHIROStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 28
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
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.