WWII · Battle Death Record
John Martin Howard
Ensign, U.S. Navy · Pennsylvania
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- John Martin Howard
- Entered the Service From
- Pennsylvania
- Rank
- Ensign
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Unit / Regiment
- Naval mine disposal; assigned to HMS Mirtle (Royal Navy shore establishment)
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- June 11, 1942
- Burial / Memorial
- Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
- Grave
- Tablets of the Missing
Their story
Ensign John Martin Howard was a U.S. Navy mine disposal officer and the first U.S. Navy mine disposal person killed in World War II. He died on June 11, 1942, when a German moored magnetic mine detonated during disarming operations at Corton Sands, England. Buried at sea, he is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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