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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Calvin Bruce
Date of birth
8 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Vanoss, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37540999
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

More information

Pfc Calvin B. Martin enlisted on 23 September 1943.

He is remembered at the Sumner Memorial Gardens in Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel / Judy Mayfield

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Judy Mayfield