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MARTIN LEO DAMITIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – May 13, 1969
Service recordMartin Leo Damitio, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 97
- KENNETH T CRUISE JRStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN DOMINKOWITZCorporal · May 13, 1969
- JOEL RAY KELLYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- JOHN VINCENT FOLGERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 98
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 99
- HOMER PHILLIP KENDRICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 25W, Line 103
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 104
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 108
- WESLEY WARREN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 111
- ALAN CURTIS WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 113
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 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.