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MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVAN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
January 28, 1933 – February 12, 1967
Service recordMartin Joseph Sullivan, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 12, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 96 USS ENTERPRISE CVAN 65
- Born
- January 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 96 USS ENTERPRISE CVAN 65”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15E, Line 23
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · February 12, 1967
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- CASIMIR SYLWA SYLWANOWICZLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- COURTNEY EDWARD WEISSMUELLERLieutenant Colonel · February 12, 1967
- PETER JOEL YEINGSTFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL VICTOR CARLSONLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 15E, Line 18
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
- GREGORY PATRICK KENTLance Corporal · March 28, 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.