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MICHAEL EMMETT MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – February 29, 1968
Service recordMichael Emmett Martin, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 7
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN LENTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- VERNON JOSEPH MILLER JRCorporal · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP F GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 8
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 8
- LARRY PRESTON TYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 11
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 12
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.