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JOHN EUGENE MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – December 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Eugene Martin, of Pawnee, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Pawnee, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 28
- STEVEN DOUGLAS LEVESQUELance Corporal · December 5, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- MARK RONALD MUEHECorporal · December 5, 1969
- DAVID NIEVESPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK RONALD MUEHECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 28
From Pawnee
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- ALAN PAUL AHLFIELDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1972
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.