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MARTIN WALKER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1948 – February 25, 1970
Service recordMartin Walker JR, of Masury, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Masury, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 55
- BOBBIE RAY BAXTERSergeant First Class · February 25, 1970
- ROY JAMES ROGERSCorporal · February 25, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH VEZEAUCorporal · February 25, 1970
- DONALD JAMES WADECorporal · February 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 53
- JOE LEWIS RIVERACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 54
From Masury
- MCARTHUR COLEMANLance Corporal · March 30, 1966
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.