PFC, US Army, Jose R. Martinez
Born: January 6, 1927, Picuris Pueblo, NM, USA
Died: March 3, 1957, Picuris Pueblo, NM, USA
Burial Site: Picuris Pueblo, NM, USA
According to his service records, PFC Jose R. Martinez registered in the US Army, in 1945, 18 Infantry Regiment. The 18th Infantry was Constituted 3 May 1861 into the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry. During World War II, they fought in the Atlantic Theater, Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe and Normandy.1
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Jose R Martinez gravestone. Added by Shirley H. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196727476/jose-r-martinez#view-photo=181752802
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For New Mexico, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 77
Notes:
1. US Army, Linage and Honors Information, 18th Infantry. https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0018in.htm
2. Ancestry.com US., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940
3. Photos by Find A Grave.com, and Ancestry.com
Prepared by Xavier Vidal Medina, Ph.D. UTA
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Jose R Martinez gravestone. Added by Shirley H. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196727476/jose-r-martinez#view-photo=181752802