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SP5 Samuel C. "Sammy" Martin

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Dec 22, 1946 May 17, 1968 Killed in Action

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Last name: MARTIN
First name: SAMUEL CALVIN
Home of Record (official): GREENSBURG
State (official): KY
Date of Birth: Sunday, December 22, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

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Branch: Army
Rank: SP5
Serial Number: 15725020
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E5
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 05G20

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Start of Tour: Wednesday, April 24, 1968
Date of Casualty: Friday, May 17, 1968
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Phuoc Tuy
The Wall: Panel 62E - Row 008

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LASTNAME: MARTIN FIRSTNAME: SAMUEL CALVIN IDNO: 15725020 SVC: A COMP: R RANK: SP5 GRADE: E5 MOS: 05G20 AGE: 21 HOME: GREENSBURG ST: KY CASDATE: 19680517 CAS1: A1 CAS2: G CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV: 26 LSVC: 03 BIRDATE: 19461222 RACE: C REL: BO MAR: S SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD: 680424 PANL: 62E LINE: 008 REFNO: 14483 PDATE: 6805

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Details:
Fataly injured by a n Anti-Personel mine("Bouncing Betty" ), while on patrol in the III Corps area
"I was TDY with Sammy on that fatal day. He had volunteered to go on a 'Search and Destroy' mission with a Major. Both were killed when someone hit the trip wire and set off a bouncing betty mine. I still can remember hearing the chopper and someone asking if I had known Sammy Martin and I remember saying "yes I know Sammy." That's when I identified his body."
- - Len Nagel

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