Martin, James Edward
Army Corporal

James Edward Martin, age 19, from Louisiana, Vernon county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, December 3, 1950
Death details: On April 27, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant James Edward Martin, missing from the Korean War. SGT Martin joined the U.S. Army from Utah and was a member of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. In late November 1950, Chinese Communist Forces launched a large-scale attack against U.S. troops at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, forcing them to withdraw south. SGT Martin’s unit was stationed on the eastern side of the reservoir at the outset of the attack, and he was reported missing in action once the withdrawal was complete. SGT Martin was never reported to be a prisoner of war, and he was not seen or heard from again. In September 2001, a joint U.S. and North Korean investigative team recovered remains from a site in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir. Forensic analysis eventually revealed some of the recovered remains to be those of SGT Martin. Sergeant Martin is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency