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MARTIN JOHN REIDY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordMartin John Reidy, of Independence, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 15
- RONALD PAUL SCHWORERSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- LIONEL LARUE ROBINSONCorporal · April 10, 1968
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · April 10, 1968
From Independence
- ARNOLD RALPH PALMERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE EWINGPrivate · June 11, 1968
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · November 17, 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.