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JOSEPH THOMAS MARTIN
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1925 – May 11, 1967
Service recordJoseph Thomas Martin, of Trinidad, Colorado, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 595 ENG CO 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1925
- Home of record
- Trinidad, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 91
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- NEELY JAMES SINGLETARYCorporal · May 11, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CARLOS ASHLOCKSergeant · May 12, 1967
From Trinidad
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RODGER ALAN BLATNICKLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- ISMAEL BENITO ARANDALance Corporal · August 31, 1969
- PETER VINCENT MESTASSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
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.