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JOHN BERNARD MARTIN II
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1945 – October 6, 1970
Service recordJohn Bernard Martin II, of Upper Montclair, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 6, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 191 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Upper Montclair, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 115
- RICHARD JOE WATTSLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- CHARLEY ANDREW WILBORNLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- MICHAEL DALE GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KELSOSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
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.