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MERLE JAMES MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – January 28, 1969
Service recordMerle James Martin, of Omak, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Omak, Washington (Okanogan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 8
- DON ROBERT KLEINPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- DENNIS VARIS LEESergeant · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- ALTON D PERCIVALPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 8
- ALTON D PERCIVALPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- JEROLD JEROME SHELTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 10
- LAVALLE WALKERPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 11
From Omak
- MICHAEL RICHARD GLASFORDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
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.