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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Francis Bernard
Date of birth
22 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Culbertson, Roosevelt County, Montana
Hometown
Culbertson, Roosevelt County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39611587
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 15 13

Immediate family

Members
Gunder A. Martin (father)
Mary (Nielsen) Martin (mother)
Raymond P. Martin (brother)
Alvera C. Martin (sister)
Marguerite L. Martin (sister)
Lorraine Martin (sister)
Wilma G. Martin (sister)
Mary E. (Nick) Martin (wife)

More information

Pfc Francis B. Martin graduated from Froid High School.

He enlisted in Butte, Montana on 10 September 1942.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Nick on 10 April 1944.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Marriage Record / Church Record, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Paul R. Jacobs