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RONALD LEE MARTIN
Private · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – October 13, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Martin, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 74
- JOHN ALEX LEECorporal · October 13, 1969
- GARY LEE MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · October 13, 1969
- DONALD RAY OSBORNELance Corporal · October 13, 1969
- KEITH ALLEN PATTERSONSergeant · October 13, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.