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MELVIN LOUIS MARTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – May 26, 1967
Service recordMelvin Louis Martz, of Manton, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 120
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Manton, Michigan (Wexford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 120
- GENE FLETCHER MATTHEWSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- JOSEPH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- DONALD EARL MESAROSHSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY BENNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 110
- ROBERT WILKINSON COOKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20E, Line 112
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 115
- JOSEPH DALLAS LEGRAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 119
- GENE FLETCHER MATTHEWSCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 120
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 122
From Manton
- CALVIN JOE FEWLASSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
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.