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WILLIAM GEORGE MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – October 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam George Martin, of Titusville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Titusville, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 60
- ROBERT ALFRED MICHELCorporal · October 13, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN NEASHAMSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- QUINLAN ROBERTS ORELLCaptain · October 13, 1968
- SAMUEL RUDOLPH PLUMMERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OLEN AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 56
- BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 57
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 58
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 58
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- DAVID LEE LOCKARDSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- JOHN PETER PELLEGRINOSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 61
- AMAND RICHARD CARL SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 61
From Titusville
- BYRON LEA BROWNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK DARBY IIISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- MICHAEL GARY DINKINSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
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.