Martin Charles W.

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Charles W. Martin is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

First Division Monument- Omaha Beach

The Big Red One Commemorative Plaque

Name:

Charles W. Martin

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-06-15

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, New York

Plot:

Sec. W - Soldiers Plot

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Comments:

Charles W. Martin was born on April 2, 1919. He was educated at the Batavia and Canandaigua public schools and was graduated from the Canandaigua Academy in 1938. He joined the Army in October 1940 at Batavia, where he had been employed as a motion picture projection operator. Martin's family moved to Lockport in 1941 from Canandaigua. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Sergeant in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on June 15, 1944 in France at the age of 25 and is now buried in Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA.