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WILLIAM DAVIS MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1949 – August 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam Davis Martin, of Magee, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 88
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Magee, Mississippi (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 88
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- EUGENE LEWIS MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM MIRANDACorporal · August 21, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 1969
From Magee
- GRAYSON CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
- ELY GRANTHAM JRMaster Sergeant · April 22, 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.