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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Sanford Martin.

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JOHN SANFORD MARTIN

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

February 26, 1944 – October 8, 1967

Service record

John Sanford Martin, of Oklawaha, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 27E · Line 74

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Psychological Operations Officer (9305)
Unit (as recorded)
244 PSY OPNS CO 571 MILT INTEL USARV
Born
February 26, 1944
Home of record
Oklawaha, Florida (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 8, 1967
Age
23
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)

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57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 27E, Line 74

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.