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VINCENT PATRICK MARTIN JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – November 15, 1971
Service recordVincent Patrick Martin JR, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 68
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1971; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 68
- WILFRED NORBERT POEPPINGSpecialist Four · November 15, 1971
- THOMAS JOE PUFFWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD RICHIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 67
- JOHN ANDREW CHARNOPLOSKYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 67
- THOMAS JOE PUFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 68
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.