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KENNETH LEROY MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1946 – September 12, 1968
Service recordKenneth Leroy Martin, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 39
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 39
- LARRY WAYNE JANSENSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- JOSEPH MACONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RONALD STEVEN MARTINPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM MCGINNChief Petty Officer · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD PAUL ABBIEPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 34
- PHILIP KENNETH BAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 34
- MICHAEL RICHARD BALDWINSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 35
- EUGENE RUSSELL BOYCEPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 35
- WILLIAM HENRY HANSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 37
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 38
- RICHARD DRIGGS LEMAY JRMajor · Panel 44W, Line 38
- RONALD STEVEN MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 39
- MARION LUTHER OXNERPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 40
- DALE ARDEN PALMPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 40
- JOHN EVERETTE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 40
- KURT FRANCIS PONATHPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 41
- EARL ERIC SHARKSergeant First Class · Panel 44W, Line 41
- LARRY ROY SIMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 41
- PHILIP LEONARD TANKPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 42
- SAMUEL GILMORE UMSTOT JRCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 42
- WILLIAM WITTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 42
- JAMES ANDERSEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 43
- J C WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 43
- LESTER LEE WOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 44
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.