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MARTIN YALE NAMER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordMartin Yale Namer, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 103
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 103
- DALE FRANK OLMSTEADSergeant · October 21, 1969
- MONTE LYNN PAYNESpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- GLENN MICHAEL SCHROEDERCorporal · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 100
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.