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JOSEPH CRAIG MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph Craig Martin, of La Mirada, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 83
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
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 83
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- STEPHEN GERE KELLYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALLSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES MINKUSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- SCOTT LEE BIRKETAirman First Class · September 30, 1972
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.