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Eugene Oscar Martinez
Lance Corporal
K CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Jacksboro, Texas June 25, 1950 to October 23, 1969 EUGENE O MARTINEZ is on the Wall at Panel W17, Line 109 |
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LCpl Eugene O. Martinez, Jacksboro, Texas, assigned to Kilo 3/4. I believe that this Eugene was my best friend while in Vietnam. We were in India Company 3/4 and when his tour of duty ended, the chopper flew him to I believe Da Nang for the trip home. I was told that rockets hit Da Nang and a piece of shrapnel hit him, they told me that he never knew what hit him he died instantly. I have no idea how I ended up here in this site, but I am glad I did. Eugene's dad was stationed in Japan when he left to go home. This is as close I have been to Martinez - thank you.
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A Note from The Virtual WallThe 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines was withdrawn from Vietnam in October 1969. At the beginning of the month, the battalion was conducting combat operations around the Vandergrift Combat Base in western Quang Tri Province, but beginning on 08 Oct elements were relocated in sequence to the Dong Ha Combat Base and from there to Danang for embarkation in Navy shipping enroute Okinawa. On 23 Oct a command element and Kilo Company were at Dong Ha, India 3/4 was positioned 4 kilometers southhwest of the base, Lima 3/4 was working near the mouth of the Cua Viet River, and Mike 3/4 was conducting operations with the Army's 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. The 3/4 Marines' Command Chronology contains the following entry for 23 Oct 1969:
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