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Personal info

Full name
MARTINEZ, Santiago Montoya
Date of birth
14 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hometown
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38581152
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 4 27

Immediate family

Members
Miguel Martinez (father)
Lena Martinez (mother)
Ramona Martinez (sister)
Thomas Martinez (brother)
Solomon Martinez (brother)
Manuel Martinez (brother)
Sila Martinez (sister)
Oracio Martinez (brother)
Henrico Martinez (brother)
Modesta Martinez (sister)
Estelle Martinez (sister)
Francisca Martinez (sister)
Gertrude J. Martinez (wife)
Lina Martinez (daughter)

More information

Pvt Santiago M. Martinez enlisted at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on 23 May 1944.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Reisdorf, Luxembourg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / US WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten