Vernon Eugene Martin (1916 - 1985)
updated September 09, 2019
Vernon Eugene Martin, father to 1 child, was born on September 18, 1916 in Gray, Kentucky USA. He was born to Nannette Serena Walters, with siblings David and Theodore. He married Louise Sophia Stark, and they gave birth to Ian Oliver Martin. Vernon died on January 6, 1985 at Fir Grove, Lebanon, Oregon 06340 at 68 years of age.
Travelled with wife Louise Stark to Naples, Italy,,,leaving New York, New York on 28 July 1956. just after retirement from the Navy, aboard the USNS PVT ELDEN H. JOHNSON T-AP 184.
In US Navy 30 July 1935 to 30 June 1956
Service No. 356005
68.5" Height.
175 lbs Weight
Medals:
WWII Victory
Amer. Theater
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Good Conduct
National Defense Service
Navy Occupation Service (Europe)
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Fir Grove, South Santiam Highway, Space 20, in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon USA 97355
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Vernon Martin was born on in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky USA
Birth
Vernon Martin died on at Fir Grove, South Santiam Highway, in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon 06340
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Vernon Martin was born on in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky USA
Vernon Martin died on at Fir Grove, South Santiam Highway, in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon 06340
Birth
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Metastasis of Cancer of Colon
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at John Dalton Martin Memorial Cemetery, John Dalton Martin Farm Homestead, Arapaho Trail, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky USA
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Ethnicity & Lineage
British American
Nationality & Locations Lived
United States
Religion
The Christian Church (aka, The Disciples of Christ, or as The Disciples)
Education
School No. 36, Indianapolis, Indiana
Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis. Indiana, May 1948
Associate of Arts, Richland College - Dallas County Community College . Dallas, Texas 1976
Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis. Indiana, May 1948
Associate of Arts, Richland College - Dallas County Community College . Dallas, Texas 1976
Professions
United States Navy enlisted July 30, 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana and tendered a limted duty commission (LDO) as an ensign in administration. He retired on June 30, 1956 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the rank of Lieutenant.
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Brotherhood Masonic Center
855 Brotherhood Way
San Francisco, CA
94132-2903 US
[external link]
Raised to Master Mason, 1942
855 Brotherhood Way
San Francisco, CA
94132-2903 US
[external link]
Raised to Master Mason, 1942
Military Service
US Navy...1935 to 1956
Enlisted service and Mechanic and Yeoman
Commissioned service as Naval Administration
Enlisted service and Mechanic and Yeoman
Commissioned service as Naval Administration
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Vernon Eugene Martin lived
2 years shorter than
the average Martin family member
when he died at the age of 68.
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Parents:
October 1898 - Nov 13, 1979
Siblings:
Dec 15, 1893 - Oct 22, 1918
Nov 11, 1918 - Nov 24, 1918
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Spouse:
May 31, 1929 - Unknown
Children:
Mar 18, 1961 - Unknown
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Gray, Ky. - Vernon Eugene Martin, LT, USN, son of David Radford Martin and Nannette Serena Walters, was born on Sept. 18, 1916, in Gray, Ky., and died at home on Jan. 6, 1985, in Lebanon, Ore. Ian Oliver Martin recently interred his father's cremains in the John Dalton Martin Cemetery on Arapaho Trail, Gray, Knox County, Ky.
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In 1916, in the year that Vernon Eugene Martin was born, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
In 1923, Vernon was merely 7 years old when on November 8th and 9th, Adolf Hitler and his followers (the early Nazi party) staged the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich in an attempt to take over Bavaria (a state in Germany). They failed. Hitler was charged with treason and convicted, receiving a sentence of 5 years. He served under 1 year in jail.
In 1952, he was 36 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
In 1964, when he was 48 years old, on June 11th, activist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa for conspiring to overthrow the state (because of his numerous anti-apartheid activities). He served 27 years in prison.
In 1985, in the year of Vernon Eugene Martin's passing, on March 15th, the first internet domain name was registered - Symbolics.com. Symbolics, Inc., a spinoff of the MIT AI Lab, was a computer manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts. The company no longer exists and the domain name was sold 25 years later.
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