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LARRY EUGENE MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – October 24, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Martin, of Niceville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Niceville, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 28
- CLYDE DAVID DOWNARD JRCorporal · October 24, 1968
- ROBERT TERRENCE DUNNSergeant · October 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- ARNOLD M MARCHLEWICZPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE THOMAS PARKERCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 30
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.