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JOHN ANTHONY MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1949 – June 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Anthony Martinez, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 91
- WILLIAM AGNER JURICHFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1970
- OSBORNE MATTINGLY JRSpecialist Four · June 25, 1970
- DALE PATRICK MEEHANCorporal · June 25, 1970
- CLARENCE M OVERBAY JRStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1970
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.