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TOMAS VASQUEZ MARTINEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1936 – March 24, 1966
Service recordTomas Vasquez Martinez, of Munger, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Munger, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 45
- ROBERT LEE MACKSergeant · March 24, 1966
- JOSEPH ANSON MASON JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- LEONARD DON MAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 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.