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TONY LEE MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – June 16, 1969
Service recordTony Lee Martin, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 59
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 59
- DANIEL DIXON MCNEILLHospitalman · June 16, 1969
- ANTHONY MICHAEL NOTICHSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN PAGECorporal · June 16, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH REED JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HALLIA LEON GRIFFIN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 57
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 60
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.