The Wall › Panel 11W › Illinois › Peter John Martinez JR
PETER JOHN MARTINEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1951 – May 5, 1970
Service recordPeter John Martinez JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 103
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 103
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW LISOWSKICaptain · May 5, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JRSergeant First Class · May 5, 1970
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- RICHARD SHELDON MODENSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.