Storekeeper First Class  -  United States Navy

World War II

            The following information on Raymond Cleo Martin was contained in a scrapbook news article donated by Mrs. Aletha (Doyle) Brown to the Cross County Veterans Memorial Museum and is available for reading.

            “Raymond Cleo Martin, son of  C. E. Martin, 208 South Front Street, Wynne, Arkansas, has been promoted from Storekeeper, Second Class to Storekeeper, First Class, at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Training Base at Fort Pierce, Florida, where he is stationed.

            Storekeeper Martin was graduated from Wynne High School in 1928 then served an enlistment in the Navy, part of it aboard the USS West Virginia.         When he enlisted for World War II in St. Louis last November 19, he had been employed by the East Texas Motor Freight Lines of Dallas, and worked in the St. Louis Offices.         He is 29 and a native of Kildare, Texas.

            Mrs. Martin, the former Ethel Mae Shane of Wynne, is with her husband and they live at 814 South 15^th Street, Ft. Pierce, Florida.”

            Later Raymond was transferred to San Jose California as Chief Storekeeper.    On 28 October 1948, Raymond Cleo Martin died of a massive heart attack while at work and was buried in Cogbill Cemetery in Wynne, Arkansas.

                                            19 February 2006         /18/