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REYNALDO MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – July 13, 1969
Service recordReynaldo Martinez, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 113
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 113
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- WILLIAM TORBERT MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · July 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JERRY GENE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID CHALOUSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 111
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 114
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.