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MARTIN T BATCHELOR JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – February 25, 1969
Service recordMartin T Batchelor JR, of Bethel, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Bethel, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 43
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BASTYRLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- HAROLD DOUGLAS BILLERSpecialist Five · February 25, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY BROGANPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD CONRAD BRUNNFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR WAYNE BARTLETT SRSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 42
- ARTHUR LEE ANDREWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 48
- RUSSELL JAMES HOLLANDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 49
- RICHARD LOUIS LANCTOTSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 52
- JOSEPH B OLIPHANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 54
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 60
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.