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ROBERT THOMAS MARTIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1947 – June 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Thomas Martin JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 91
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · June 19, 1969
- HENRY DON MATHEWSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD MCILVOYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.