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ROBERT WILLIAM MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1945 – February 1, 1967
Service recordRobert William Martin, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 168 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 104
- ROBERT CHARLES KERIPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- ERVIN LEONARD LAIRDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK MCGRATHConstructionman · February 1, 1967
- RICHARD P MCSTRAVICK JRCorporal · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 105
- ROBERT JAMES PRAZINKOSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 105
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.