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JOHN JAMES MARTINEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1947 – November 23, 1967
Service recordJohn James Martinez, of Midvale, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 72
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Midvale, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 72
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENOSergeant · November 23, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- RONALD WADE PATTONCorporal · November 23, 1967
From Midvale
- TOM GONZALES JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT TUELLERSergeant · December 23, 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.