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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Joseph
Date of birth
7 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42107025
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 10

Immediate family

Members
James Martin (father)
Mary K. (Davis) Martin (mother)
Edward Martin (brother)
Violet Martin (sister)
Margaret Martin (wife)
Cloyd E. Martin (son)

More information

Pfc Joseph Martin enlisted at Ft. Dix, New Jersey on 18 March 1944.

He worked on a chicken farm before he enlisted.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Tandel – Bastendorf - Brandenbourg, North of Diekirch, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten