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MARTIN SAM HUSKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordMartin Sam Huska, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 80
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 80
- EDWARD JACKSON JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1970
- LOWELL THOMAS JARBOESpecialist Five · May 1, 1970
- THOMAS JAY KAUFMANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY KEFER JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- CHARLES HENRY KEFER JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 80
- CHARLES DAVID LOWNESPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 81
- JACK ALDEN NOONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 81
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.