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SYLVESTER C MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1950 – June 15, 1971
Service recordSylvester C Martinez, of Waxahachie, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 77
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Waxahachie, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 77
- FLOYD LEE BRADSHAW IIISpecialist Four · June 15, 1971
- BILLY DEAN PEDINGSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 15, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN SOUTHERFireman · June 15, 1971
- RICHARD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
From Waxahachie
- JODY MAC LANGLEYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- MICHAEL FINNIE BURLESONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 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.