Lt. James Deane Martin (1945)

BOOTH, MARTIN, RUMMEL

Posted By: Kathi Kuhl
Date: 11/17/2023 at 14:17:18

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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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
April 3, 1946
Page 1

FLYER MISSING FOR OVER A YEAR
Lost on Patrol Flight over Philippines to Coast of Borneo

Lieut. (j.g.) Deane Martin, Naval air corps, of Winterset, who had been missing in action in the Pacific since last March, was officially placed on the death casualty list last week.

The notice came in a letter from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, received here last Thursday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Martin, of Winterset.

Lieutenant Martin was serving as pilot on land-based patrol bomber in the Philippines. According to information in the letter, the plane in which he was flying, left its base in Tacloban, Leyte, on March 12, 1945, on a routine sector search to the northeast coast of Borneo. All efforts to contact the plane by radio after it left the base were unsuccessful. When the plane was overdue, search flights were sent, but no trace of it was found.

The letter also continued: “In view of the strong probability that the plane in which your son was flying crashed, and that he lost his life as a result thereof, because no official or unconfirmed reports have been received that he survived or appeared in any (unreadable) personnel liberated from Japanese prisoners war camps, and in view of the length of time that has elapsed since he was reported to be missing in action, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased.”

Lieutenant Martin was a well-known and popular young man of this community. He was 26 years old at the time of his death. Born north of Patterson, he moved to Winterset with his parents as a small boy and graduated from the Winterset high school with the class of 1938.

While attending high school here, he was an outstanding athlete, playing on the football team for several years. He attended the State University of Iowa in Iowa City for two and one-half years, before being called to active duty in the Naval Air corps on Sept.1, 1942.

He was married in October, 1943 to Miss Dolores Booth of Des Moines. He is survived by his wife of Des Moines, his parents of Winterset, a sister, Mrs. James Rummel of Des Moines, and a brother, Dyle of Winterset.

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Des Moines Register & Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
April 11, 1946

J. DEANE MARTIN SERVICES SUNDAY

Memorial services for Lt. J. Deane “J.G.” Martin, 27, navy pilot, officially declared dead by the navy will be a 3 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist church at Winterset, Ia. Lieutenant Martin, husband of Mrs. Delores Martin, 1305 Third St., and son of Mr. and Mrs. J.H Martin, Winterset, was reported missing in action Mar. 12, 1945, while on a mission over Borneo.

Before entering service in 1942, he attended the State University of Iowa.

Besides his widow and his parent, Lieutenant Martin is survived by a brother, Dyle F. Martin, Winterset, recently discharged from the coast guard, and a sister, Mrs. James L. Rummel, Des Moines.

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