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WILLIAM TORBERT MARTIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – July 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam Torbert Martin, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 113
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 113
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- REYNALDO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JERRY GENE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRAHAM HENRY HOWISONSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 112
- STEVEN CHARLES WEBBSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 114
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WEEKLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 114
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.