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MARTIN JOHN KERBY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1943 – August 5, 1969
Service recordMartin John Kerby, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 98
- PHILIP V MACKINNEYPrivate First Class · August 1, 1969
- ROBERT LEO KRAFTSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- VERLE NORMAN LARSONSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- LYLE GORDON LEPPKEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD LITCHFIELDFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WARREN DONNELLY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 97
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.