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STEVEN LOUIS MARTIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordSteven Louis Martin, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 29
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 29
- LESLIE T MCMACKEN JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- RAYMOND LESTER MORRISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- STEVEN CRAIG OWENSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 25
- DENNIS MICHAEL PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 30
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.