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MARTIN MENDOZA VASQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1950 – November 4, 1971
Service recordMartin Mendoza Vasquez, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 62
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 62
- JOHN DANIEL SHEWMAKE SRSergeant First Class · November 3, 1970
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- PAUL TRUJILLOPrivate · November 4, 1971
- LEROY WHITE JRSergeant · November 5, 1971
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.