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RICHARD JODY MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordRichard Jody Martin, of Carlotta, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Carlotta, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 1
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · September 15, 1968
- DWIGHT LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- RAYMOND DELMAR BAKERSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- WILBUR RALPH BRANNING JRCorporal · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · Panel 43W, Line 5
- JOHN MICHAEL LYONSCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 6
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 7
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 8
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 10
From Carlotta
- GEORGE DAVID BIRDSELLSergeant First Class · June 16, 1966
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.