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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Sinclair Jr
Date of birth
27 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Liverpool, England
Hometown
Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
32989694
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Near Saint-Gorgon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 22 34

Immediate family

Members
Sinclair Martin (father)
Eleanor Martin (mother)

More information

Pfc Sinclair Martin attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 23 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Georgia Naturalization Records, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy