Old Family members discharge Papers
 

I was just looking through some of my stuff and was looking at these discharge papers and was curious about the David Martin discharge paper. In the upper left hand corner under his name has some letters and was wondering the meaning of them are. Do they represent the ships he was on or another meaning. I am assuming he served through WWII in the navy as a firefighter, but I know nothing about him or where he served. He is a family member that I never knew but was curious about his history. Maybe someone could help out.

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Heres his dog tags and some metals that my grandfather had of his. There is one in the picture from WWI that I think is a family member Ben Walker. I also have is discharge papers and death certificate. Interesting that Ben was in the battle of the Somme and got gased and survived WWI, but died in 1924 from some kind of injury on a meat machine.

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I don't see anything that relates to a ship. The first number is his serial number. He was a civilian firefighter and then a Machinist Mate second class in the Navy. The CB may well designate the Construction Battalion. The medals etc. look like they are from more than one person. A couple ruptured ducks in the group. These were given to all discharged WW2 vets. Good collection. Bill

Ben Walkers Discharge and Death certificate
 

Heres Ben walker's paper work. He served in WWI and my grandfather had his old medals from then as well. He is a family member on my grandfathers side of the family

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As for the medals there is a Seabee pin and the pin with the wings and a bomb. I'm curious what exactly do they mean. All these pins and medals were in the same bag in his old cedar chest. We never knew anything about them until he passed away a few years back and we started going through all his stuff. Thats when we found the bag of medals and the paperwork on the two family members. I came to the conclusion that the WWI medal went to Ben Walker, by the battles he was in and them being listed on the medal. But as for David Martin I'm still trying to put the pieces together.

Other items in the cedar chest
 

There was also an interesting 9mm DWM bullet in the bag as well. Also some old war rations that were with them with my great grandmothers name on them.

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The number, upper left corner is the registration number/control number of that discharge, sorta like the serial number of a dollar bill. It would be also the number used when or if he had it registered and certified at his local court house. Mine is registered at the court house in Clarksville Tn. If my original was ever lost or destroyed, a cerified copy could be made and sent to me.

The one medal with the clasps is a WWI campaigne medal, top clasp was for Somme Offensive. The other is a WWII Victory Medal for Europe.

The two-place ribbon bar is for the Phillippines Liberation Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. David Martin may be elegible for such awards (in addition to the WWII Victory Medal) as a part of a vessel crew in that TO. Each star on that ribbon denotes a campaign.

It's always nice to see someone caring about their ancestors story.

Douglas

I hate the fact that all this was hidden away and was never even spoken about. It wasnt until my grandfather passed away that we found this in his cedar chest. Everyone that could have gave any information on these two family members are no longer around to ask. Just looking through old pictures and documents we can find all the family members that served during WWI and WWII. I find that era of history pretty important to remember and pass on to other family members so they will always be remembered.

The WWII Victory Medal was awarded to all participants. Servicemembers were also awarded medals for the theater(s) they served in,