John Bernard Martin II

Vietnam War
UnitFighter Squadron 191
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromUpper Montclair New Jersey
Date of DeathOctober 16 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Martin, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Fighter Squadron 191, Carrier Air Wing 19 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On October 16, 1970, he was the pilot of a Vought Crusader Fighter (F-8J) conducting a flight over the Gulf of Tonkin. His aircraft crashed about 40 miles southwest of Hai Nan Island. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.