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MARTIN WILLIAM ESSARY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1942 – October 20, 1969
Service recordMartin William Essary JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 96
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 13, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 96
- MICHAEL ERWIN DAGNONSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- ALLEN WILLIAM DUMKECorporal · October 20, 1969
- CHARLES KENNETH EDWARDSCorporal · October 20, 1969
- PATRICK MARTIN GRELLASergeant · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VINCENT ALDREDSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 93
- JAMES IVORY COLEMANCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 94
- RICHARD JAMES COSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 95
- ALBERT LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 95
- MICHAEL ERWIN DAGNONSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 96
- CHARLES KENNETH EDWARDSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 96
- JOSE ESPIRIDION ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 98
- LARRY STERL POLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 98
- ALEXANDER VIGILSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 99
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.