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MARTIN LESTER TABER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – August 20, 1969
Service recordMartin Lester Taber, of Miami, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 82
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 82
- JAMES EARL RUTTANCorporal · August 20, 1969
- FRED ALBERT SLEMSEKPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS SPILKERSergeant · August 20, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 83
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.