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Personal info

Full name
MARTIN, Samuel Eldridge
Date of birth
15 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Appomattox County, Virginia
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33557564
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 7 89

Immediate family

Members
Eural A. Martin (father)
Ercie W. (Martin) Martin (mother)
Margaret W. Martin (sister)
Ella M. Martin (sister)
Dan Martin (brother)
Don A. Martin (brother)

More information

Pfc Samuel E. Martin attended high school for four years and worked in an aircraft plant before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 16 February 1943.

He was killed to the effects of artillery shell fragments and a skull fracture with brain damage.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Descendants of Rudolph Hawpe, www.findagrave.com – Brett Martin, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Sgt Daxter