Richard D. Martin

Vietnam War
Unit9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromHonolulu Hawaii
Date of DeathMay 1 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Martin was a member of Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On May 1, 1968, he was the crew chief of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) on a visual reconnaissance over A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, when the aircraft crashed into a canyon. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.