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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Raymond Earl
Date of birth
23 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas
Hometown
Baker, Crawford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37742862
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 22

Immediate family

Members
Orville O. Martin (father)
Nora M. (Blackmon) Martin (mother)
Orville Martin (brother)
Ethel D. Martin (sister)
Virginia V. Martin (wife)

More information

Pfc Raymond E. Martin attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 10 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back and thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 / U.S. WWII Hospital Card Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery