The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
J. W. Martin
Rank
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
May 5, 1954
Lieutenant Martin was a crew member of a PBM-5S Catalina patrol bomber with Advance Training Unit 700, based at Corpus Christi, Texas. On May 5, 1954, the aircraft was on a navigation training flight when it crashed 90 miles southwest of Brownsville, Texas killing 10 crewmen.