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MARTIN JAMES DEHIMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – March 11, 1970
Service recordMartin James Dehimer, of Rome, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 111
- ROGER LEROY COFFMANStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1970
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER DUMASSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- DENNIS FREDERICK GRACEFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER DUMASSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 111
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.