Rank and Name, Lieutenant Junior Grade Leo Martin.
Unit/Placed in, Unknown, United States Navy.
Leo was born approx. on 26 June, 1903 in Calhoun, Alabama.
Father, Berry J. Martin.
Mother, Josephine (Tarrance) Martin.
Sister(s), Margaret M. Mattie M. Mary F. Susie M. and Ellen M. Martin.
Brother(s), James M. William S. Lawrence L. Joseph H. and J.D. Martin.
Leo enlisted in service from Alabama with serial number # 0-284444.
Leo Martin was reported Missing in Action probably during the Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, on Oct .9 , 1945, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
And he is mentioned/Buried at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing
Thanks to
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
