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JOHN MARTIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Martin JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 58
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1968
- GEORGE LESLIE HORSMAN IIMajor · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TROY CLEVELAND BATTLESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 55
- JERRY WAYNE WICKAMCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.