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MARTIN JOHN BEGOSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordMartin John Begosh, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 37
- RUSTON LEE BAKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH MAYNARD BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GERALD ROY BALLARDCorporal · August 18, 1968
- CHARLES THEODORE BELASCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOYLE EISENHOURWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 40
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 41
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.