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JOHNNY COCHRAN MARTIN
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1935 – May 11, 1972
Service recordJohnny Cochran Martin, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 24
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1935
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1972
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 24
- RODNEY LYNN STROBRIDGEMajor · May 11, 1972
- ROBERT JOHN WILLIAMSMajor · May 11, 1972
- SAMUEL YOUNG ADAIR JRMajor · May 12, 1972
- LONNIE PAT BOGARDMajor · May 12, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LYNN STROBRIDGEMajor · Panel 1W, Line 24
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 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.