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JOHN C MARTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1945 – February 24, 1968
Service recordJohn C Martin, of Ocean City, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Ocean City, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 11
- DAVID G LUPIENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- JOSEPH MCCLOYNSpecialist Five · February 24, 1968
- MAX ALVIN NELSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ROTHERYLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTON D BLOEMHARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 6
- M B WALKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 13
From Ocean City
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JON RICHARD MORVAYPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1967
- BRUCE MICHAEL MILEYSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- CHARLES WESLEY STERLINGStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
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.