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MARTIN L GREEN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
July 9, 1941 – May 11, 1969
Service recordMartin L Green JR, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 48
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 48
- JAMES ETHERIDGE GREENE JRLieutenant · May 11, 1969
- EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITHCaptain · May 11, 1969
- ARTURO B GUTIERREZLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- HEINRICH RUHLMANNSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
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.