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SAMMY ARTHUR MARTIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 16, 1942 – December 27, 1967
Service recordSammy Arthur Martin, of Bryan, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 27, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 78
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 390 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- October 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Bryan, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32E, Line 78
- CARLOS FELIPE MEND LOZANOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM MARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- ARPHALIA L RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
From Bryan
- JOHNNIE LINTON GARNERCaptain · September 2, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD HEBRONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- EUGENE C OATES IIICaptain · August 4, 1969
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
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.