Russell Dean Martin

Vietnam War
Unit4th Air Commando Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromBloomfield Iowa
Date of DeathJune 3 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Martin was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On June 3, 1966, he was a crew member of a Chinook Spooky Attack Aircraft Gunship I (AC-47) on a mission 10 miles east of Ban Pha Philang near the borders of Savannakhet and Khammouane Provinces of Laos where his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on June 20, 1995 and identified on April 17, 2003. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.