The Wall › Panel 7E › Massachusetts › Martin Francis Killilea
MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – May 16, 1966
Service recordMartin Francis Killilea, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 65
- SKYLER LANCE HASUIKEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- MALVIN LOWE NASWORTHY JRCorporal · May 16, 1966
- SHERWIN CRESCENT SCHOPPEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT BOOTHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 64
From Roxbury
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 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.