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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Herschel Everette
Date of birth
18 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois
Hometown
La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
36693235
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Melay and La Mer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Blehander Bailey (stepfather)
George Martin (father)
Clara (Johnson) Martin Bailey (mother)
Henry Martin (brother)
Edward Martin (brother)
Eva M. Martin (sister)
Eva I. Martin (sister)
Walter Bailey (half-brother)
Leone Bailey (half-brother)

More information

Pfc Herschel E. Martin was employed by the National Youth Administration in Oblong, Illinois before he enlisted on 19 July 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the side and back of his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy