The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
William H. Martin
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
May 7, 1954
Lieutenant Junior Grade Martin was the patrol plane commander of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen.