Four Miamians
Die In Action

   Army Lists Dead In Western Drive Four Miami and Miami Beach men have been reported killed in action in the European theater of war, according to a War department casualty release, today. They are: Sgt. Roy J. Huffman, husband -of Mrs. Leola I Huffman, 53 NE 63rd st, Miami; 2nd Lt. Robert Mathewson, son of John W. Mathewson, 8834 Froude ave, Miami Beach; 2nd Lt. James Semple, husband of Mrs. Lorayne M. Semple, 777 NW 76th st. Miami; and Pfc. Noah E. Martin, son of Mary Jane Martin, 3813 NW 37th st, Miami

[The Miami News, Miami, FL, 11 Mar 1945, Sun, Page 7]

'Bud' Martin Returns
For Heroes Grave

   Paratrooper Noah E Martin came home Tuesday. But it wasn't the homecoming his mother had dreamed of since he joined the Army five years ago.
   'Bud' Martin was killed during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. His body returned under military escort Tuesday afternoon.
   Pfc Martin MARTI will be buried with full military ceremonies exactly ' three years from the day he was killed.
   At the Florida East Coast railway station to meet the flag-draped casket were Bud's mother Mrs. Mary J Martin of 3812 N W 37th ave and his sister Mrs. Dimple Lewis. There was no ceremony, no speeches — just a few tears.
   Mrs. Martin set the date for her son's funeral without realizing it would be the anniversary of Bud's death. She said she had decided on it so that the entire family could attend the funeral.
   It wasn't until Tuesday afternoon that she realized the date had any special significance.
   Survivors include Bud's father Edgar W Martin of Nichols, three sisters, Mrs. Louise McDaniel, Nichols, Mrs. Estey Powell, Tavernier and Mrs. Lewis and a half-brother Jesse L Hobbs, Miami.
   Services will be at 2 pm Dec 22 in Bess chapel. Burial will follow at Flagler Memorial cemetery with a guard of honor attending from William A McAllister Post 160S Veterans of Foreign Wars.
   Martin, who was 25 years old when he died, had attended Andrew Jackson high school and was employed by a Hialeah pipe and concrete firm before he enlisted. He had been wounded in Holland three months before he was killed

(courtesy of Isabella Oliva)

Grave marker application and resulting marker for Pfc Noah E. Martin in Flagler Memorial Park, Miami (Miami-Dade county), Florida.

Noah registered for the draft in registered for the draft in Miami, FL (date not included on the form).  Note that his address was changed from an original location in Miami, to include the Elk River Concrete Products Co of Montana as an employer in Helena, MT (that company remains in business today)  and then back to Miami.

Pfc. Martin was killed in action on November 22, 1944 and was awarded the Purple Heart.