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JUAN HENRY MARTINEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1945 – January 6, 1968
Service recordJuan Henry Martinez, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 59
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE JONES JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- JAMES P ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 60
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.