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ROBERT WILLIE MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Willie Martin, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 11
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 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 11
- THOMAS IRA LONGPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOSEPH M LOUGHRAN JRMajor · May 2, 1968
- JOHN MARION MALNARSergeant Major · May 2, 1968
- ADOLPH ALFRED MARTINEZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
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.