Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Andrew Lawrence Martin.

Unit/Placed in, 674^th Bomber Squadron, 417^th Bomber Group (Light).

Andrew is born approx. 1913 in Brooklyn, New York.

Parents and Siblings, no record available.

Andrew enlisted the service in New York with service number # 32337463.

Andrew’s Crew-members and position on-board the plane a A-20 were,

1^st Lt.           Howard D. Saar       Pilot

S/Sgt.           Andrew L. Martin    Engineer/Gunner

Andrew was KIA when the plane had 1 Motor out and the other failing so made a crash-landing at unknown on Sep. 30 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Andrew is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/417th_Bombardment_Group.html http://www.wikiwand.com/en/417th_Bombardment_Group Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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