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THOMAS CHARLES MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – September 30, 1968
Service recordThomas Charles Martin, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 48
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 48
- GLENN ROBERT LAWFIELDSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE LAZICKIFirst Lieutenant · September 30, 1968
- JAMES GREGORY MESAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.