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MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – October 23, 1969
Service recordManuel Godine Martinez, of Colorado City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado City, Texas (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 109
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1969
- EUGENE OSCAR MARTINEZLance Corporal · October 23, 1969
- GALEN MINOR SMITHPrivate First Class · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 107
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 107
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- DENNIS MCCOY CLARKCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- GERALD LEE YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 109
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
From Colorado City
- ROBERT ORLIFF DAVISPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- JAMES GLENN STANDEFERSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RALPH MACK SMITHCorporal · October 27, 1969
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.