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STEPHEN LEE MARTINO
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1949 – August 19, 1969
Service recordStephen Lee Martino, of Jay, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Jay, Oklahoma (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 70
- EUGENE AUSTIN LUNNSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAYSergeant · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM LEO MAGERR IIICorporal · August 19, 1969
- ROSS EDWARD MANDEVILLESpecialist Five · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEWART JAMES LAVIGNECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOHN DAVID PLUMMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 72
- GERALD LEON SILVERSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 74
From Jay
- GERALD GOINSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- EDMOND JUNIOR GREERCorporal · June 13, 1968
- EDWARD DENZEL BURNETTSergeant · May 10, 1972
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.