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JOHNNY SALAS MARTINEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1948 – November 28, 1968
Service recordJohnny Salas Martinez, of Ephraim, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Ephraim, Utah (Sanpete County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 1
- JOHN MOULDENSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- JAMES KERMIT PARKSPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- LONNIE MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
- LAURENCE E WILLIAMSPrivate · November 28, 1968
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.