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MARTIN NELSON TULL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1937 – May 19, 1967
Service recordMartin Nelson Tull, of Pryor, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- March 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Pryor, Oklahoma (Mayes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 51
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · May 19, 1967
- JACK WALTERS JRLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
From Pryor
- GEORGE BUSTER SULLENS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
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.
