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MARTIN ROBERT POWERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1947 – February 27, 1969
Service recordMartin Robert Powers, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 84
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 84
- WILLIAM STEVEN POTTERSergeant · February 27, 1969
- PERCY ISAIAH PUGHCorporal · February 27, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN RAINEYLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- DONALD RAY RHODESSergeant · February 27, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.