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MARTIN CODY CARR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1951 – April 18, 1970
Service recordMartin Cody Carr, of Ottawa, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 22
- RONALD ELLSWORTH HODGESergeant · April 18, 1970
- DANIEL F KASZUBOWSKISpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- ANTHONY SANTANA LUGOSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY SANTANA LUGOSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 22
From Ottawa
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · September 15, 1967
- LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKERMajor · March 20, 1968
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · March 11, 1969
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- JON CHARLES SAPPStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 1970
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.