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MARTIN, Francis Patrick - Date of
birth
25 March 1919 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33457416 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
17 January 1946 - Place of
death
Reipertswiller, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
John J. Martin (father)
Margaret G. (Jacoby) Martin (mother)
More information
Pfc Francis P. Martin enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 7 December 1942.On 16 January 1945 Martin was on a truck convoy bringing rations to the front lines. The convoy was ambushed, and Martin was not among the men who escaped. Over the next few days, the Germans surrounded the 157th, preventing any search for Martin or the recovery of his body. With no evidence in captured German records that he survived the ambush or was held as a prisoner of war.
He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on 28 June 2022 that Pfc Francis P. Martin was accounted for on 21 June 2022. Further information will follow (information added August 2022).
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII,
http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel, DPAA