John Martin Howard
U.S. Navy Mine Disposalman (1917-1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people with the same name, see John Howard (disambiguation).
John Martin Howard (20 August 1917 – 11 June 1942) was a United States Navy officer from Pennsylvania who served during World War II as a Naval mine disposalman. He died along with Lcdr. Roy Berryman Edwards in a naval mine explosion while observing the disarming of a German mine that washed ashore in England. Howard was the first U.S. Navy mine disposal personnel killed in the war. Howard and Edwards were recognized in a special plaque in the St. Nicolas minister church in Great Yarmouth, England and the USS John M. Howard (IX-75) was named in Howard's honor.
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John Martin Howard | |
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Born | (1917-08-20)August 20, 1917 Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | June 11, 1942(1942-06-11) (aged 24) Corton, Suffolk, U.K. |
Buried | Buried at sea |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Rank | Ensign |
Memorials | Plaque in St. Nicolas minister church in Great Yarmouth, England Listed on the Tablet of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
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