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MELVIN LEE MARTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – January 30, 1968
Service recordMelvin Lee Martz, of Paramount, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 76
- MILOSLAV JOSE MARTINOVSKYStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- JACK ROGER MCKEESergeant · January 30, 1968
- PETE MELNICKSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY DAVID MILLARDSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT BADGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 65
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 66
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HURSTMaster Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 72
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 77
- STEVEN ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 81
- RALPH ERIC WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 84
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT ELEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- DAVID ELLIS OGDENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.