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Personal info

Full name
MARTINEZ, Samuel Joseph
Date of birth
22 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36781888
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 10

Immediate family

Members
Condosio Martinez (father)
Teodosio Martinez (mother)
Rosa Martinez (sister)
Consolacion Martinez (sister)
Oliveros Martinez (brother)
Juanita Martinez (sister)
Barbarita Martinez (sister)
Clara M. Martinez (wife)
Barbara Martinez (daughter)

More information

Pvt Samuel J. Martinez was the father of three children, two who lived in Chicago at the time of his death and the third, Barbara Martinez who attended Albuquerque High School in New Mexico.

Source of information: André Koch, Astrid van Erp,Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, New Mexico State Library Santa Fe

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, New Mexico State Records Center & Archives