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MARTIN JOSEPH REGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1950 – March 29, 1969
Service recordMartin Joseph Regan, of Woodside, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 85
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 85
- CHARLES ROBERT PRCHALSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1969
- SAMUEL VIRGIL RAMSEY JRLance Corporal · March 29, 1969
- GEORGE F REYNOLDS JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
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.