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MICHAEL PETER MARTIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1941 – December 12, 1963
Service recordMichael Peter Martin JR, of Monaca, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- U/A Airplane Repairman (67C)
- Born
- February 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Monaca, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1963
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 37
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- NEWMAN RAY NESMITHPrivate First Class · December 12, 1963
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
From Monaca
- HOWARD DAVID STRAUSSLance Corporal · October 26, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS TRITTPetty Officer Second Class · July 7, 1967
- BAY BENTON BOOTHEStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · June 27, 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.