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LAWRENCE MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1948 – March 10, 1967
Service recordLawrence Martin, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 53
- JAMES J L JOHNSONCaptain · March 10, 1967
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · March 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS LYTALSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.