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PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1947 – July 18, 1966
Service recordPete Michael Martinez, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 34
- CARL ROBERT MARRSPrivate · July 18, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELDHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- DONALD JAMES PRIESTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- MICHAEL REX SMITHPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 1966
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.