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PETER MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1940 – January 21, 1966
Service recordPeter Martinez, of Arkansas City, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Arkansas City, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 82
- WILLIAM STANNARD FORMANLieutenant Commander · January 22, 1966
- GERALD H GAYLORStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1966
- EDWIN RUSSELL GRISSETT JRSergeant · January 22, 1966
- PAUL STANLEY PRUSKOSpecialist Four · January 22, 1966
From Arkansas City
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · June 30, 1965
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · March 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 1971
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.