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WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 13, 1950 – March 27, 1969
Service recordWillie Danien Martinez, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 62
- RONALD JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT LONGSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- HAROLD WILLIAM MAHERLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- ALFRED MORENO JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND GEORGE CZERWIECStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 59
- ROBERT SMITH HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- JAMES ROBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 62
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 64
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
- DAVID OLSEN WILSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 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.