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STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – August 20, 1968
Service recordSteven Catarino Martinez, of Venice, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 14
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 14
- J C WHITING JRPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE ZORNOWPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- ALFRED LEON BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
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.