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ROBERT LEE MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – October 28, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Martinez, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 123
- THOMAS LEEK JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- J C LOVESpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- KENNETH LYNN MADDYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON DAVIS COWANSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 121
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 122
- THOMAS LEEK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 123
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 125
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.