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James Dean Martin, Lieut. (1945)

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Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:33

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 28, 1945
Page 1, Column 4

LIEUT. DEAN MARTIN, NAVY FLYER, MISSING IN ACTION IN PACIFIC

Patrol Bomber Pilot Had Been in Philippines About Two Weeks

Lieut. (j.g.) Dean Martin of the U. S. Naval Air Corps is missing in action against the Japanese in the Pacific, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Martin of Winterset.

No further information was available here this week as to the time or place. Lieutenant Martin was serving as a pilot on a navy patrol bomber, and was last known to have been in the Philippines area. He went overseas last December, and had been in the Philippines about two weeks.
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Transcriber's note: Full name taken from Madison County Birth Records. This news article is the only item found that documents his death.

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