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STEVE LAIL MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1951 – May 8, 1970
Service recordSteve Lail Martin, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 1
- RICHARD ALAN MATHEISCorporal · May 8, 1970
- ROBERT EARLE MINCEYCaptain · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
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.