• October 9, 1921 – March 23, 1943
• Martin, Tennessee
• 2nd Lt Marine Air Corps
• UT Junior College from 1939 to 1941 and Liberal Arts 1941-1942
• Aviation Cadet training through the Navy’s advanced flight training program
• Killed when Navy plane crashed into Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Virginia
• Memorialized on the Weakley County War Memorial at Dresden, TN
• Buried at East Side Cemetery in Martin, Tennessee

Luther Albert “Jack” Donoho Jr. (Oct. 9, 1921 – March 23, 1943) was from Martin, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee’s Junior College in Martin from 1939 to 1941 and the campus in Knoxville as part of the college of Liberal Arts from 1941 to 1942. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was selected as a 2nd Lieutenant to be a part of the Marine Air Corps after successfully completing the Navy’s primary flight training course in the summer of 1942. He was conducting advanced flight training when he was killed after his plane crashed into the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, Virginia. He is buried at East Side Cemetery in Martin, Tennessee and is memorialized on the Weakley County War Memorial.

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