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RAYMOND CHARLES MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1937 – March 18, 1966
Service recordRaymond Charles Martin, of Pomona, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 21
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 21
- JOE DUSTIN KELLYSergeant · March 18, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · March 18, 1966
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
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.