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JOHN ANDREW MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Andrew Martinez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 11
- MICHAEL JOHN KUSTIGIANChief Petty Officer · May 5, 1968
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 1
- PATRICK B HESSIONPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- TILGHMAN RICHARD MCLEMORECaptain · Panel 56E, Line 14
- KENNETH RAYMOND QUANPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 15
- HOWARD ANDREW THREETCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 17
- LEE ROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 19
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.