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Personal info

Full name
MARTINEZ, Generoso
Date of birth
6 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Hometown
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38559258
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 79

Immediate family

Members
Manual Martinez (father)
Virginia R. Martinez (mother)
Angel Martinez (sister)
Virginia Martinez (sister)
Antonia Martinez (sister)
Omero Martinez (brother)

More information

Pfc Generoso Martinez enlisted at Fort Sam, Texas on 22 December 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census /U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten