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WILLIAM REYNOLDS MARTIN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 26, 1935 – November 18, 1964
Service recordWilliam Reynolds Martin, of Callands, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 18, 1964, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Callands, Virginia (Pittsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 72
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- EUGENE MICHAEL PALISKISStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1964
- EDWIN RAYMOND EASONCaptain · November 19, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
From Callands
- WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEYSergeant · May 16, 1968
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.