Joseph Louis Martin, Jr.
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 932366
January 8, 1926
in Rumford, ME
Joseph Edward Martin
Malvina Marie “Vina” (Arsenault) Martin
Stephens High School
Dorion’s Cash Market
March 28, 1944
at Portland, ME
September 18, 1944
from FMF Replacement Bn.
March 9, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima
March 9, 1945
Killed in action
529 Waldo Street, Rumford, ME – address of parents, Joseph & Vina Martin
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at Parris Island with Ninth Recruit Battalion; outposted to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In July 1944, on rolls of 65th Replacement Battalion for deployment overseas.
Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Maui on 18 September 1944.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 746 (Automatic Rifleman)
Important Events:
March 9, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, head); exact circumstances unknown
March 11, 1945 – buried in Plot 1, Row 29, Grave 1432, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Hearat
Campaign
Iwo Jima (March 9, 1945)
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