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MICHAEL TERRY MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – November 22, 1970
Service recordMichael Terry Martin, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 78
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)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 78
- RONALD DEAN LEFEBVRESpecialist Four · November 22, 1970
- ROGER LEE RITSCHARDCorporal · November 22, 1970
- DOUGLASS TERRELL WHELESSCaptain · November 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LARRY HUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
- RONALD DEAN LEFEBVRESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 78
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.