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MARTIN LECHUGA
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – April 11, 1969
Service recordMartin Lechuga, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 57
- STEPHEN MIX LEWISSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- DALE LAVERNE MILBRADTFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- GONZALO H VILLASENORSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GONZALO H VILLASENORSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 57
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.