Martin, Ernest E.
Army 2nd lieutenant

Ernest E. Martin from Montana, Fergus county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, November 10, 1945
Death details: On March 25, 2008, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Second Lieutenant Ernest E. Martin, missing from World War II. Second Lieutenant Martin, who entered the U.S. Army from Montana, was a member of Company C, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. On November 10, 1945, he was killed in action during his company’s attempt to capture the towns of Vossenack and Schmidt, Germany. His remains were not recovered at the time. In 2000, while clearing unexploded ordnance from the Hürtgen Forest, German construction workers found human remains and military artifacts in an unmarked grave and turned the findings over to U.S. officials. Analysts were able to identify 2LT Martin from these remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency