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William Paul Martin

Graduating Class of 1966
Served in The Vietnam War
Attached photograph of Sergeant Martin

Sergeant
William Paul Martin

Army
5th Special Forces Group
Company B

Hometown

Beloit, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Kon Tum Province, South Vietnam

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

More About Sergeant Martin

Sergeant Martin served at Duc-Co special forces camp on the Cambodian border as the junior medic. He voluntarily took part in many dangerous missions. Eventually his special forces team was forced out of Duc-Co on February 2, 1967, and he died just two months later of multiple fragmentation wounds.