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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Luther Eugene Jr
Date of birth
24 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Smyth County, Virginia
Hometown
Washington County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33888733
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Wallerfangen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 23 28

Immediate family

Members
Luther E. Martin (father)
Alice W. (Henniger) Martin (mother)
Lee Martin (brother)
Charlie Martin (brother)
Charmie Martin (sister)
Claude Martin (brother)
David Martin (brother)
Martha Martin (sister)
Kate Martin (sister)
Ruth Martin (sister)
Polley Martin (sister)
Ella (Broyles) Martin (wife)

More information

Pvt Luther E. Martin Jr. enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 19 May 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked in manufacture of knit goods before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James Archer, www.wwiimemorial.com
– A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Thomas Family Tree / Virginia Marriage Records / 1920 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

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