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JOSEPH VENSON MARTIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1932 – February 13, 1971
Service recordJoseph Venson Martin, of Etowah, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 101
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 12, 1932
- Home of record
- Etowah, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 101
- MICHAEL DUANE ADKINSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1971
- JAMES ALBERT MICHAELSergeant · February 13, 1971
- WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCELance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- KENNETH RANDAL PRICECaptain · February 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RANDAL PRICECaptain · Panel 5W, Line 101
From Etowah
- GERALD THOMAS DOBBSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- DANNY RAY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
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.