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JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1944 – February 4, 1967
Service recordJoseph Raymond Martinez, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 118
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 118
- WILLIAM LOUIS LOWMANPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- SAMUEL DONALD MCCLARYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT W MOYERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE CAMMARATASpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 116
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 116
- JOHN STORELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 120
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 121
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.