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LE ROY FELIX MARTINEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – May 25, 1970
Service recordLe Roy Felix Martinez, of Monte Vista, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 98
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Monte Vista, Colorado (Rio Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 98
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · May 25, 1970
- BILLY EVERETT LAWRENCECorporal · May 25, 1970
- DONALD GLEN LUKENSWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 1970
- GREGORY JOHN MAYNARDCorporal · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE HARMON CARGILEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 95
- FRANCIS EDWIN PARKHILL JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 99
From Monte Vista
- CLAUDE ARNOLD SILVALieutenant Colonel · January 29, 1967
- MELVIN EUGENE CROSSMANCorporal · December 13, 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.