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Frank A. Martincheck

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NAME:
Frank Andrew Martincheck
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
0-5605
HOME OF RECORD:
Hazleton, PA
NEXT OF KIN:
Wife, Mrs. Dorothy S. Martincheck
DATE OF BIRTH:
6/1/1914
SERVICE DATES:
7/2/1935 – 2/20/1945
DATE OF DEATH:
2/20/1945
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Roi-Namur M/3/24 2900 Major
(Company CO)
 
Saipan H&S/24 4110 Major
(Asst. R-4)
Tinian H&S/24 4110 Major
(Asst. R-4)
 
Iwo Jima H&S/24 4110 Lt. Colonel
(R-4)
KIA
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Lieutenant Colonel

Biography coming soon.

Captain Martincheck, third from left, arrives in Londonderry, Ireland in 1942.  Photo from "A Different War: Marines in Europe and North Africa."
Captain Martincheck, third from left, arrives in Londonderry, Ireland in 1942. Photo from “A Different War: Marines in Europe and North Africa.”

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