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NAPOLEON MARTIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1948 – September 9, 1968
Service recordNapoleon Martin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 11
- CLIFFORD DOUGLAS LOGSDONPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- GURNEY LEN MILLERLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- JERRY LAVON MILLERCorporal · September 9, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.