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LARRY ALLEN MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – January 20, 1969
Service recordLarry Allen Martin, of Bellflower, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 43
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 43
- EDWARD HAROLD MANNSergeant First Class · January 20, 1969
- TERRY LYNN MARTINCorporal · January 20, 1969
- DAVID ELMER MORGANPetty Officer Second Class · January 20, 1969
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTIS KENNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 42
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
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.