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STEVEN LARRY MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – May 11, 1971
Service recordSteven Larry Martin, of Fresno, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 32
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · May 11, 1971
- GEORGE WILLIAM WINKLES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.