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Benjamin T. Martin

25 Feb 1911 – 28 Sep 1989

Birth	25 Feb 1911
Death	28 Sep 1989
Cemetery	Elmwood Cemetery Flora , Clay County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Lady In Black on 13 Mar 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34488743

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Pvt. U. S. Army World War II

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ACTIVITY DURING WWII ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 17 JUNE 1943 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. AFTER BASIC TRAINING DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 17 DECEMBER 1943 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED AS A HATCH FOREMAN (271) WITH THE 491ST PORT BATTALION AT ORO BAY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA FROM 17 JULY 1943 THROUGH THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN UNTIL RETURNED TO THE U.S. FOR MEDICAL REASONS IN AUGUST 1944. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION CORPS AS A PRIVATE WITH A MEDICAL DISABILITY CERTIFICATE ON 27 FEBRUARY 1945 AT MCCLOSKEY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN TEMPLE, TEXAS. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Benjamin Martin *

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Family

Parents

• Cleveland H. Martin 1888–1969
• Mary Cedenia "Dennie" Butler Martin 1889–1969

Spouse

• Donna Jeanne Sullivan Martin 1921–1999

Siblings

• H. Shearl Martin 1909–1986
• Roland Martin 1913–1913
• Olen C. Martin 1913–1992
• Chester Lee Martin Sr 1916–1989
• Travis Rollin Martin 1918–2004
• Dollie Jane Martin Willeford 1923–2003

Children

• Roger Thomas Martin 1940–1941
• Margaret I Martin Jenkins 1945–2020
• Kathryn J. Martin Gibson 1945–2023

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