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JOHN CHARLES MARTIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1944 – August 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Martin, of Merced, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 20
- PATRICK MICHAEL LORDITCHPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- ANDREW CHARLES RACKOWPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1968
- JAMES LEE RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.