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Personal info

Full name
MARTINEZ, Bacilio Pina
Date of birth
4 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, California

Military service

Service number
39588442
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
411th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mulhausen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 39 32

Immediate family

Members
Jose Martinez (father)
Adela (Pina) Martinez (mother)
Lucas Martinez (brother)
Bertoldo Martinez (brother)
Benjamin Marinez (brother)
Josephine Martinez (sister)
Alajola Martinez (sister)
Georgia Martinez (sister)
Mary (Hernandez) Martinez (wife)
Marcelina I. Martinez (daughter)
Bacilio Martinez (son)

More information

Pfc Basilio P. Martinez enlisted at Ft MacArthur, San Pedro, California, on 6 June 1944.

He was married to Mary Martinez on 11 April 1939, California.

Pfc Basilio P. Martinez was a skilled motor vehicle mechanic. He attended high school for one year.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/411th-regiment.html - Unit Journal for March 1945, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-411-i-by-name.pdf
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - dbures69 / ylcabrera