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JOHN D MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1945 – July 13, 1969
Service recordJohn D Martin, of Lamesa, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Lamesa, Texas (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 113
- WILLIAM TORBERT MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · July 13, 1969
- REYNALDO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JERRY GENE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
From Lamesa
- EDGAR LEE HAWKINSMajor · September 20, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL SNELLCaptain · June 14, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY OAKSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 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.