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TERRY LYNN MARTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – January 20, 1969
Service recordTerry Lynn Martin, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 43
- EDWARD HAROLD MANNSergeant First Class · January 20, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN MARTINPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- DAVID ELMER MORGANPetty Officer Second Class · January 20, 1969
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 40
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 41
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 41
- EDWARD HAROLD MANNSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 43
- JOHN MACARTHUR PAGESecond Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 44
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 45
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.