Martin Thomas Deering

Martin Thomas Deering
Birthdate:	March 07, 1923
Birthplace:	Morrison County Minnesota, USA
Death:	March 01, 1945 (21) Wyspa Iwo Jima, Japonia (Żołnierz II wojny światowej)
Place of Burial:	Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Hennepin County Minnesota, USA Plot: B-1, 0, 450-S
Immediate Family:	Son of John Edward Deering and Pauline Cecilia Deering Brother of Dorothy Marion Deering; John Stephen Deering; Anthony John Deering and Benjamin David Deering

Managed by:	Krzysztof Sebastian Tyborski
Last Updated:	August 14, 2017

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USMC Private Martin Thomas DEERING was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was one of 652 Marines of the 24th Marines of the 4th Marine Division who died during this ferocious campaign. He was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously for his heroic action.

His body was brought back to the United States four years after the war ended and buried with full military honors on February 8, 1949 at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=569942]

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1923	March 7, 1923	Birth of Martin Thomas Deering Morrison County Minnesota, USA
1945	March 1, 1945 Age 21	Death of Martin Thomas Deering at Wyspa Iwo Jima, Ja... Wyspa Iwo Jima, Japonia
????		Burial of Martin Thomas Deering Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Hennepin County Minnesota, USA Plot: B-1, 0, 450-S

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