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PETER STEVEN MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1942 – August 29, 1967
Service recordPeter Steven Martinez, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 64
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCMONEGAL JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · August 29, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SHAREL EDWARD BALESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 61
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 62
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · Panel 25E, Line 64
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 65
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 66
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.