Martin's remain were recovered in March, 2007 and identified on March 3, 2010. He is now interred in the Saint Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts.
" Click Here " for that record.
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
" Click Here " for that record.
A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Martin served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918, 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 14, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918 took off from 5-Mile Drome near Port Moresby on a reconnaissance mission. Due to bad weather they crashed, as would later be learned, in the Sarawaget Mountain Range in Morobe Province.
Martin was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war. After his remains were recovered his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-797914
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Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40918:
Chastain, Berthold A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, GA
Dietz, Regis E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, PA
Green, Clyde L ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, PA
Harris, Frederick E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Lake, Edward J ~ 2nd Lt, Observer, NY
Murray, Martin P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Ray, Claude A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, KS
Shryock, William J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IN
Smith, Hollis R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, AR
Tyler, Claude G ~ S/Sgt, Photographer, MD
Volz, Jack E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IN
Wren, Robert S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Martin P. Murray
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-797914
320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 28-Oct-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart
Note 28 Oct 1944 when he was declared dead
Note 90th Bomber Group aka "Jolly Rogers"
Note DPWO news announcement of April 12, 2011 reports Murray remains hand been found and identified.
Lowell Mass
Arlington Group
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
" Click Here " for that record.
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
" Click Here " for that record.
A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Martin served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918, 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 14, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918 took off from 5-Mile Drome near Port Moresby on a reconnaissance mission. Due to bad weather they crashed, as would later be learned, in the Sarawaget Mountain Range in Morobe Province.
Martin was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war. After his remains were recovered his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-797914
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40918:
Chastain, Berthold A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, GA
Dietz, Regis E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, PA
Green, Clyde L ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, PA
Harris, Frederick E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Lake, Edward J ~ 2nd Lt, Observer, NY
Murray, Martin P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Ray, Claude A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, KS
Shryock, William J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IN
Smith, Hollis R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, AR
Tyler, Claude G ~ S/Sgt, Photographer, MD
Volz, Jack E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IN
Wren, Robert S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Martin P. Murray
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-797914
320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 28-Oct-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart
Note 28 Oct 1944 when he was declared dead
Note 90th Bomber Group aka "Jolly Rogers"
Note DPWO news announcement of April 12, 2011 reports Murray remains hand been found and identified.
Lowell Mass
Arlington Group
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Martin's remain were recovered in March, 2007 and identified on March 3, 2010. He is now interred in the Saint Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts.
" Click Here " for that record.
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
" Click Here " for that record.
A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Martin served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918, 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 14, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918 took off from 5-Mile Drome near Port Moresby on a reconnaissance mission. Due to bad weather they crashed, as would later be learned, in the Sarawaget Mountain Range in Morobe Province.
Martin was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war. After his remains were recovered his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-797914
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40918:
Chastain, Berthold A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, GA
Dietz, Regis E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, PA
Green, Clyde L ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, PA
Harris, Frederick E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Lake, Edward J ~ 2nd Lt, Observer, NY
Murray, Martin P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Ray, Claude A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, KS
Shryock, William J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IN
Smith, Hollis R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, AR
Tyler, Claude G ~ S/Sgt, Photographer, MD
Volz, Jack E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IN
Wren, Robert S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Martin P. Murray
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-797914
320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 28-Oct-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart
Note 28 Oct 1944 when he was declared dead
Note 90th Bomber Group aka "Jolly Rogers"
Note DPWO news announcement of April 12, 2011 reports Murray remains hand been found and identified.
Lowell Mass
Arlington Group
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
" Click Here " for that record.
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
" Click Here " for that record.
A "Rosette" was placed in front of his name here at Manila to signify that his remains were recovered.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Martin served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918, 320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Middlesex County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 14, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24D "Shack Rat" #42-40918 took off from 5-Mile Drome near Port Moresby on a reconnaissance mission. Due to bad weather they crashed, as would later be learned, in the Sarawaget Mountain Range in Morobe Province.
Martin was declared "Missing In Action" in this crash during the war. After his remains were recovered his status was changed to "Killed In Action".
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # O-797914
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-24D #42-40918:
Chastain, Berthold A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, GA
Dietz, Regis E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, PA
Green, Clyde L ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, PA
Harris, Frederick E ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Lake, Edward J ~ 2nd Lt, Observer, NY
Murray, Martin P ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, MA
Ray, Claude A ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, KS
Shryock, William J ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IN
Smith, Hollis R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, AR
Tyler, Claude G ~ S/Sgt, Photographer, MD
Volz, Jack E ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IN
Wren, Robert S ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, WA
Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
ABMC record:
Martin P. Murray
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-797914
320th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Massachusetts
Died: 28-Oct-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery
Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart
Note 28 Oct 1944 when he was declared dead
Note 90th Bomber Group aka "Jolly Rogers"
Note DPWO news announcement of April 12, 2011 reports Murray remains hand been found and identified.
Lowell Mass
Arlington Group
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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