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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Robert Warren
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16010102
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
West of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 5 22

Immediate family

Members
Howard T. Martin (father)
Cora B. (Warren) Martin (mother)
Howard D. Martin (brother)

More information

Pvt Robert W. Martin attended high school for two years before he joined the Regular Army in Detroit, Michigan on 5 July 1940.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Berry Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - drpurple