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MARGARITO MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1945 – March 8, 1968
Service recordMargarito Martinez, of Batesville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 57
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Batesville, Texas (Zavala County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 57
- RICHARD ARNE KOSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1968
- JIMMY MORRIS LOGANStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- ELDON EUGENE NEVINSConstructionman · March 8, 1968
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.