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VERNAL GLEN MARTIN
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1945 – August 8, 1966
Service recordVernal Glen Martin, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 115
- GEORGE EDWARD MATUSCSAKPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- RICHARD WOODS MEEHANFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1966
- LESLIE DAVID NICKELSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- ERIC REINHARD NORDMANWarrant Officer 1 · August 8, 1966
From Marshfield
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1970
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.