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RICHARD PAUL MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Paul Martinez, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 13
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GREGORY VALENTINE MAYNARDCorporal · May 19, 1968
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- GORDON THOMAS MOLAISONCorporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 7
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- WALTER BENJAMIN KRUPSKICorporal · Panel 63E, Line 12
- PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 15
- THOMAS RONALD PURSELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JERRY MONROE WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 1
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.