Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Martin Lester Justice

BranchArmy
RankStaff Sergeant
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service10/15/1940 – 06/11/1945
Date of Birth08/29/1914
Date of Death08/25/1969
HometownParis, OH
AwardsPurple Heart, Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon with 2 Service Stars; American Defense Service Medal; Sharpshooter Rifle Combat Infantryman Badge; Purple Heart
Burial LocationParis Twp: Oakdale
Monument PaverNo
SourceRecorder's Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 84; National Archives; Union Co. Cem. Re, c., Vol. 6, p. 149; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND, p. 76; Joe and Anne Justice (family)

Overseas service: New Guinea; Southern Philippines; Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operation. Church: St. John's Lutheran. School: UNKNOWN. serial #20511046; enlistment record reports date of enlistment as 10/15/1940, Marysville, Ohio; DD-214 reports enlistment date of 10/03/1939, active service date of 10/15/1940; served in Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operation from 02/01/1944 to 02/04/1945; wounded in action 10/27/1944; received Certificate of Disability for Discharge AR 615-361; discharged 06/11/1945, Convalescent Hospital, Camp Edwards, Mass.; Honorable Discharge filed 06/14/1945; born in Madison Co., Ohio; received Purple Heart for leg in

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