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MICHAEL WILLIAM MARTINEAU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – April 4, 1967
Service recordMichael William Martineau, of Manville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 100
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Manville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 100
- WILLIS ALANZO MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- RONALD BRUCE SCHRADERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1967
- ROBERT T SICKELSSergeant First Class · April 4, 1967
- JIMMY JOE SMITHSpecialist Four · April 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · Panel 17E, Line 97
- JAMES WILLIAM COLLIERPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 98
- GEORGE RICHARD GALBAVYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 98
From Manville
- ANDREW HORVATHSergeant · March 22, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS DUDASHColonel · April 26, 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.