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WILLIAM HAROLD MARTIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1941 – December 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Harold Martin, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 114
- JOHN DARRALL BRYANTWarrant Officer 1 · December 8, 1970
- ARDEN RUSSELL LYBERGERSergeant · December 8, 1970
- MARK CHARLES WITTBRACHTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS CONNOLLYPrivate · December 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DARRALL BRYANTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 114
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · 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.