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MANUEL FLOYD MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – June 9, 1968
Service recordManuel Floyd Martinez, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 11
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- GERALD LEON MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · June 9, 1968
- DARRELL CONDIE MIZNERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM MOTSINGERStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.