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RODNEY DEAN MARTINEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordRodney Dean Martinez, of Galt, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 25
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Galt, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 25
- JOHN HAROLD MANNSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- THOMAS WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
From Galt
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- DUANE CARL PAEPKE JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
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.