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Personal info

Full name
MARTINEZ, Marcos C
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Duval County, Texas
Hometown
Duval County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38257793
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Cubrial, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 23 34

Immediate family

Members
Vicente Martinez (father)
Valentina C. Martinez (mother)
Agapita Martinez (sister)
Eugenia Martinez (sister)
Heloria Martinez (sister)
Martin Martinez (brother)
Julia Martinez (sister)
Jose Martinez (brother)
Porfiria Martinez (sister)
Elidia Martinez (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Marcos C. Martinez worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 7 November 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy