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THOMAS MICHAEL MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – February 2, 1967
Service recordThomas Michael Martinez, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 283 MED DET USARV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “283 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 108
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD EMIL MANNSSergeant · February 2, 1967
- LUIS GUILLERMO MORAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 107
- ALAN HARRY ZIMMERMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 110
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.