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WAYNE OSCAR MARTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – October 25, 1967
Service recordWayne Oscar Martin, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 69
- ELEC MCCOYSergeant · October 25, 1967
- HOWARD EDWARD MORSECorporal · October 25, 1967
- DONALD SYLVESTER MOSESSpecialist Four · October 25, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.