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KENNETH WAYNE MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1947 – June 15, 1970
Service recordKenneth Wayne Martin, of Manchester, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Tennessee (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE HENDERSONSergeant First Class · June 15, 1970
- ROBERT MARTIN KUNER JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1970
- RONALD MANNINGPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
- MARK SYLVESTER BEHRENTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1970
From Manchester
- RICHARD ALLEN BRADLEYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1966
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- LEWIS BRACY WILSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- JOHN TERRELL WILKINSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH CLARKStaff Sergeant · March 29, 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.