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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Douglas Allenby
Date of birth
21 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31028048
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry J. Martin (father)
Mary J. (Irving) Martin (mother)
Clifford Martin (brother)
Dorothy Martin (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Douglas A. Martin graduated from Lowell High School and was employed by the US Bunting Corporation.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 March 1941 and was sent overseas on November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Lightbown Family Tree / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Lowell Sun - 13 February 1945