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Martin F. Herz
| Martin F. Herz | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 1983 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 01284873 |
| Rank | Captain |
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Martin F. Herz (1918–1983) was a United States Army Captain associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.
Biography
Martin , director of Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and former American Ambassador to Bulgaria, died of cancer today at Georgetown University Hospital. He attended Oxford University. He attended University of Vienna. Before his assignment to Saigon, he served in the State Department as country director for Laos and Cambodia. He was the director of Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. In 1937, he graduated Columbia University (BS) then post-graduate for 2 years. He joined the Foreign Service in 1946, and in his first 20 years served in American embassies in Vienna, Paris, Phnom Penh, Tokyo and Teheran. He retired from military service as a Major. He served as minister counselor for political affairs at the United States Embassy in Saigon from shortly after the Tet offensive in 1968 until just before the invasion of Cambodia in 1970. After his return to Washington in 1970 he became the senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs and held that post until 1974. He was appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria in 1974 by President Gerald R. He wrote six books and contributed many articles to professional journals, magazines and newspapers.
Research notes
- Propaganda Officer
- Transferred to PWB 11/43
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| MRBC1 | 1 |
| Approx Age at Death | 65 |
| row_source | demographics |
Sources
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)