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Lieut Roddy Ansel Martin

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Birth	:	20 Feb 1923 Marion County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	24 Dec 1944 At Sea
Burial	:	Cedardale Cemetery, Mullins, Marion County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.2211990, -79.2584991
Description	:	WORLD WAR II KIA Son of Stephen Henry and Mary Belle Rogers Martin. MULLINS - Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Martin received a telegram today from the war department informing them that their youngest son, Second Lieutenant Roddy A. Martin, 21 years old, was killed in Europe December 25. He was in the infantry and had been overseas since November. He was a graduate of the class of 1939 of the Mullins High School and a junior at Presbyterian College when drafted. Surviving are his parents, one sister, Miss Gwendolyn Martin of Mullins; and two... Read More	WORLD WAR II KIA Son of Stephen Henry and Mary Belle Rogers Martin. MULLINS - Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Martin received a telegram today from the war department informing them that their youngest son, Second Lieutenant Roddy A. Martin, 21 years old, was killed in Europe December 25. He was in the infantry and had been overseas since November. He was a graduate of the class of 1939 of the Mullins High School and a junior at Presbyterian College when drafted. Surviving are his parents, one sister, Miss Gwendolyn Martin of Mullins; and two brothers, Leon Martin, US Navy in California and Dallas Martin of Wilmington. Published in the News and Courier, January 16, 1945 SN 0053673 Co. L 262nd Inf. 66th Div. Lost his life while crossing the English Channel aboard the SS Leopoldville. Roddy was aboard the S.S. Leopoldville when it was torpedoed. The disaster, which was covered up for years by the American and British governments, cost the lives of more than 800 American soldiers on Christmas Eve of 1944. Some military historians and novelists argue that the sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville was the single most costly wartime blunder in American history. Several books, film documentaries and Internet sites conclude that the reason the ship's distress signals were never picked up by American rescue units in Cherbourg was because no one was on duty that night. It was Christmas Eve, and key military personnel were either attending church services or out partying and visiting French bordellos, according to Larry Bond, producer of a documentary about the cover up that was aired on the History Channel. The disaster was equally embarrassing for the British government, which was responsible for the troopship's security. "They didn't protect them, and when they got five miles away from port, they got hit and everybody was out partying, the Americans were all partying in Cherbourg that night. The British were responsible for all the security on the boat, and Belgians were the crew. The Belgians immediately abandoned ship," Bond said in an interview published on the History Channel Web site. "The British messed up from day one, they offered no support, nothing. And the Americans were all out in the bordellos. All the boys were either in church or they were partying." In 1996, the American government officially recognized the sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville. That year, a monument was dedicated at Fort Benning, GA, to honor the men who died that fateful night on Christmas Eve of 1944. Taken from an article written by Kevin Tindall.

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Lieut Roddy Ansel Martin's memorial is located at: Cedardale Cemetery, Mullins, Marion County, USA.
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Lieut Roddy Ansel Martin death on 24 Dec 1944 in At Sea
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Latitude: 34.2211990
Longitude: -79.2584991

Family Members:

Parent

Stephen Henry Martin

(1883 - 1971)

Mary Belle Rogers Martin

(1888 - 1970)

Siblings

Henry Leon Martin

(1912 - 1979)

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