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KENNETH WILLIAM MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 3, 1946 – September 26, 1967
Service recordKenneth William Martin, of Escondido, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 16
- PAUL WAYNE HILLHospitalman · September 26, 1967
- LYNN RAGLE HUDDLESTONCaptain · September 26, 1967
- RANDY LEE JOHNSTONLance Corporal · September 26, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 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.