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SIXTO R MARTINEZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – March 8, 1969
Service recordSixto R Martinez JR, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 78
- JERRY GLENN ERVINCorporal · March 8, 1969
- KENNETH MAC LEEPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- CHARLES DAVIS MACKENPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN MARSHALLCorporal · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ROBERT GREGSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 75
- KENNETH EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 79
- DONALD LEE RUPESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 81
- RALPH DEAN VEALESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 82
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
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.