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JOHN MARTINEZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 20, 1951 – December 18, 1970
Service recordJohn Martinez, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 130
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 130
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · December 18, 1970
- MICHAEL BOOTH MARCUSStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1970
- BOBBY LEE PALKCaptain · December 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESLIE BARTELSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 128
- STEPHEN MICHAEL LYNCHSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 130
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 131
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.