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REMEMBER OUR HEROES : SGT. TIMOTHY P. MARTIN
Post Sport News - Mar 08 2008
by Post Sports Editor : sports@portervillepost.com

Army Sgt. Timothy P. Martin, 27, of Pixley California.

Sgt Martin was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 14th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Like most any parents would, Tony and Lucy Martin worried about their son when he decided to join the Army.

But that fear didn't stop them from being proud of Timothy Paul Martin for wanting to serve his country and better himself with military training and that he hoped would one day help him land a job as an FBI agent. But that fear remained. And one Friday evening, it became reality when a car pulled up to the front of their home on the farm northeast of Pixley.

"I thought samebody was out of gas when I heard the doorbell," but it was an Army officer and a chaplain, Tony Martin said. They didn't have to say a word, because he instantly knew they were there about Timothy. "When I saw them, I knew he was gone," Tony Martine said. "I just heard the word, Army, and I knew," Lucy Martin said.

They soon learned that Timothy, and three fellow members of the Army's 25th Infantry Division out of Hawaii, died in Taji, Iraq, a town north of Bagdad, of wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an impoverished explosive device. Also killed were Spc. Michal T. Manibog, Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt and Sgt. Gary D. Willett.

Martin, 27, was born and raised near Pixley. He was a graduate of College of the Sequoias. He competed in numorous sports, includin weightlifting, football and basketball. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2004 at St. Mary's College of California in Moraga. He joined the Army in April 2005. Timothy Paul Martin graduated from Monache High School, where he was a member of he school's track team, in 1996.

Army Sgt. Timothy P. Martin was killed in action one moth ago on Feb 8th 2008. He was laid to rest next to the grave of his oldest sister, Bryna Martin, who died in 1990 of leukemia, at Tulare Cemetary.

Would you please take a mom to pay respect and to honor Sgt. Timothy Paul Martin, his family and his friends. Let us also remember those that are serving our country in uniform wherever they may be ...

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