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JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJuan Patricio Martinez, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 22
- RICHARD CARL MADISONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL MEIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY WAYNE MELTONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EARL BROPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 4
- RICHARD ALBERT BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- JOSEPH GEORGE GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 13
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 25
- MIGUEL A RUVALCABA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 30
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 31
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.