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MARTIN EDWARD BIXLER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – October 3, 1968
Service recordMartin Edward Bixler, of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 65
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Glen Rock, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 65
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- RICHARD M WELCHFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE WESTERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTYSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 71
- ROGER LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
From Glen Rock
- JOHN MITCHELL DUDLEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE GLATFELTERSpecialist Five · July 22, 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.