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JOSEPH THOMAS MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – June 19, 1967
Service recordJoseph Thomas Martin, of San Luis Obispo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- San Luis Obispo, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 15
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- RICHARD COLEN LUNDYCorporal · June 19, 1967
- GEORGE DANIEL MILLERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- STEVEN RICHARD MILLERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 9
- ROBERT CHARLES AGUADOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- FRED GORDON BERTOLINOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- ROBERT JOSEPH CARASpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 10
- JACK EDWARD COSSINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- ALLEN NORBERT ENGELPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEIERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- PAUL EUGENE GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 12
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- CHARLES JOHN HILDENBRANDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 13
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 15
- RICHARD COLEN LUNDYCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 15
- GEORGE DANIEL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
From San Luis Obispo
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT MINERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHNSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
- ROY HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 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.