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Personal info

Full name
MARTINEZ, Louis Joe
Date of birth
24 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39278978
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 15 4

Immediate family

Members
Joe Martinez (father)
Ramona (Johnson) Martinez (mother)
Juanita Martinez (sister)
Alfredo R. Martinez (half-brother)
Margarita Martinez (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Louis J. Martinez enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 29 September 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Maj. (R) Adrian E. Martinez, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Orville L. Kline, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502_honor_mo.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Dawn Kanthack, www.findagrave.com - Alex Magdaleno