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RAY THOMAS MARTIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1933 – April 22, 1970
Service recordRay Thomas Martin, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 37
- DONALD CAROL LAMB JRCorporal · April 22, 1970
- DONALD MICHAEL LINTSenior Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- KEITH ALAN LOCHNERSergeant · April 22, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ELY GRANTHAM JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 35
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 37
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
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.