Rank and Name, Pharmacists Mate Second Class Charles Harvey Martin.

Unit/Placed in, Hospital Corps, First Marine Division.

Charles is born approx. 1905 in West Virginia.

Father, Walter T. Martin.

Mother, Elizabeth A. Martin.

Charles enlisted the service in West Virginia with service number # 2583288.

Charles was KIA giving aid to wounded Marines during the Battle on Sept. 15, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to 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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