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JOHN WARREN MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1943 – October 3, 1966
Service recordJohn Warren Martin, of Forsyth, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Forsyth, Georgia (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 41
- GREGORY DEAN MCKEAGUESpecialist Four · October 3, 1966
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH SMITHCaptain · October 3, 1966
- DAVID ALBERT THORPEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
From Forsyth
- CHARLES ROSS WILLIAMSCaptain · July 12, 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.