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LARRY RAYMOND MARTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – June 17, 1969
Service recordLarry Raymond Martin, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 65
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 65
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 1969
- LARRY ALONZA GRAHAMCorporal · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 65
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- DONALD LEE SPARKSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 69
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
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.