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WILLIAM PAUL MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1944 – April 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Paul Martin, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 93
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 93
- JOHN FRANCIS DANIELS JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- PETER ALAN LAMONTSergeant · April 2, 1967
- FRANCIS M LAWRENCE JRLance Corporal · April 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
From Beloit
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 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.