Vietnam War
Unit | Observation Squadron 67 |
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Rank | Aviation Electrician's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Salt Lake City Utah |
Date of Death | February 17 1968 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Aviation Electrician's Mate, Third Class Martin was a member of Observation Squadron 67 located at the Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. On February 17, 1968, he was a crew member of a Lockheed Neptune Observation Patrol Aircraft (OP-2E) over Laos when the starboard engine caught fire from enemy ground fire and the aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on March 30, 1993 and identified on December 1, 1993. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.