Off To Army Fronts

Two hundred and thirty Greater Cincinnatian inductees have been sent to replacement training stations from the Fort Thomas Reception Center, Major Harry B. Perkins. Public Relations Officer, announced yesterday.  They were distributed as follows:

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   Five Hundred and First Infantry Regiment, Camp Toccoa, Ga. --- from Cincinnati, Marvin W. Brinker,  Robert D. Leen, Robert B. Martin
[Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Monday, December 14, 1942, Page 12]

MISSING AT FIRST
   Pfc Robert B. Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, 421 Boal St., reported missing since June 8, has been listed as killed in action, according to word received by his parents.  A paratrooper, he took part in the invasion of France.  Entering the Army nearly two years ago, he had been overseas since January.
[Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Saturday, August 5, 1944, Page 6]

   A memorial service for Pfc Robert B. Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, 421 Boal St., who was reported killed in action in France in June, will be held at St. Peter Congressional Church at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow.  Members of the Men's Club and the Adult Bible Club will attend in a body.
[Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Saturday, August 12, 1944, Page 9]

Transport Returning Bodies
  Of 35 Greater Cincinnatians

   The bodies of 35 Greater Cincinnati World War II heroes are being returned to the United States aboard the U.S. Army Transport Barnet Kirshenbaum, the Department of the Army announced yesterday.  Of these, 23 were from Hamilton County and their next-of-kin were listed as follows:

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Pfc Robert B. Martin, Blanche G. Martin, 1224 Republic St.
[Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Thursday, March 10, 1949, Page 9]

 
(courtesy of Mike Cusick)

Application for a grave marker and resulting stone for Pfc Robert B. Martin in Section 24 Grave 1479 of the Vine Street Hill Cemetery, Cincinnati (Hamilton county), Ohio.

Robert enlisted in the Army at Cincinnati, OH on 13 November 1942 and was assigned to Company I, 508th PIR. 

Pfc Martin was killed in action on 22 June 1944 and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).