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RUFUS MICHAEL MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordRufus Michael Martin, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 22
- HENRY ALVERSON LEDFORDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1968
- GLENN RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- WILLIE ROY MOBLEYSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · Panel 53W, Line 18
- GARY DALE TEMPLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 24
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.