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JOHN MAJOR MARTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – February 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Major Martin, of Fresno, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 23
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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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định 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 39E, Line 23
- DENNIS RAY LANGROCKPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES MAURICEPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- JERRY DUANE MOUNTSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER ALBERTINICorporal · Panel 39E, Line 16
- WINFIELD WESLEY BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 17
- JAMES LEE BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 17
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 18
- ERNEST FREDERICK DAVIDOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 20
- ROBERT A ELIASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 20
- JAMES F FUQUASpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 21
- JACK WILLIAM GRANDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 21
- HOBERT TRUMAN ROLLINSCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 25
- NORMAN THOMAS DAGOSTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 27
- TIM THOMASCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 27
- TERRY WAYNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 28
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.