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MARTIN DAVID HESTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – October 5, 1967
Service recordMartin David Hester, of Hogansville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Hogansville, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 53
- NEVADA LARRY ELLISONCorporal · October 5, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · October 5, 1967
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · October 5, 1967
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LOUIS ALVEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 54
From Hogansville
- THOMAS STEWART CAMERONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT LEE COUSINCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RONALD LARRY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 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.