U.S. Army, Tec 5, Jose Louis Martinez
Birth: 26 June, 1927, Picuris Pueblo, NM, USA
Death: 7 March, 1957
Burial Site: Picuris Pueblo, NM, U.S.A.
According to his service records, Tec 5 Martinez enlisted in the US Army on 22 May 1946. Tec 5 Martinez was a member of the elite 674th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, service in the Pacific Theater during WW II, under the command of General Douglas Mac Arthur.1
Notes:
1. Ancestry.com, US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985
2. See 11th Airborne Division, https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/674/674_trp.html
3. Photos by Find A Grave.com, U.S. Army, Tec 5, Jose Louis Martinez
Prepared by, Xavier Medina, Ph.D. UTA