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MARTIN ROY NIEMI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1948 – May 14, 1968
Service recordMartin Roy Niemi, of Sundell, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 17
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
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Sundell, Michigan (Alger County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 17
- WILLIAM ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JAMES FRED TURNEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ZEIGLERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · May 15, 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.