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Martin, Ronald George, GM3c.
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Casualty Info
Last Address USS Laffey in the Pacific.
Remembered at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii- Courts of the Missing ~ Court 1.
Casualty Date Apr 16, 1945
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Pacific
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean
Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at Sea off Okinawa, Japan
Description The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 11 November-21 December 1944, part of the Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battles resulted from Japanese operations to reinforce and resupply their forces on Leyte and U.S. attempts to interdict them.
