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MARTIN ELBY MENDOZA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1949 – November 17, 1968
Service recordMartin Elby Mendoza, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 3
- WAYNE EDWARD KOHNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- ROBERT BAILEY MARKUMCorporal · November 17, 1968
- ROY EDWARD MAYSergeant · November 17, 1968
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 1
- HAL RANDOLPH LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 2
- AARON TAWILSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 5
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.