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RICHARD EARL MARTINEZ
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
September 28, 1934 – August 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Earl Martinez, of Renton, Washington, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- September 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 2
- JOSE FRANCISCO JIMENEZLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- RICHARD KENNETH JOECKENSergeant · August 28, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN MCANINCHCorporal · August 28, 1969
- JOHNNY MUNOZSergeant · August 28, 1969
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 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.