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LARRY EUGENE MARTIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 11, 1940 – July 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Martin, of Wakefield, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 15, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare Officer (1575A)
- Born
- February 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Kansas (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 15, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 36
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT MITCHELLLance Corporal · July 15, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.