Louis Martinez (1930 - 1954)

Born 6 Oct 1930 in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Mar 1954 at age 23 in North Korea

Biography

This profile is part of the Raton, New Mexico One Place Study.

CPL Louie Martinez served in the United States Army in the Korean War
Service started: 17 Jan 1948
Unit(s): Co B 32nd Infantry Regiment
Service ended: 26 Mar 1954

Sources

1. ↑ Employment: "Colorado, Steelworks Employment Records, 1887-1979"
   Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61411 #221308 (accessed 25 May 2022)
   Name: Louie Martinez; Gender: Male; Persons on Form: 17; Birth Date: 6 Oct 1930; Birth Place: Walsenburg, Colorado; Membership Country/Region: Pueblo, Colorado, USA.
2. ↑ Employment: "Colorado, Steelworks Employment Records, 1887-1979"
   Steelworks Center of the West; Pueblo, CO
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61411 #2686 (accessed 25 May 2022)
   Name: Louie Martinez; Gender: Male; Persons on Form: 17; Birth Date: 6 Oct 1930; Birth Place: Walsenburg, Colorado; Employment Start Date: 28 Sep 1947; Membership Country/Region: Pueblo, Colorado, USA; Occupation: Con Man Howrey.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRW-X2L : 6 January 2021), Luis Martinez in household of Ricardo Martinez, Election Precinct 20 East Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-16B, sheet 9A, line 22, family 162, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2441.
4. ↑ "U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975"
   Defense Pow/Mia Accounting Agency; Washington DC; Unaccounted-For Remains, Group A, 1941-1975
   Ancestry Record 62206 #25847 (accessed 25 May 2022)
   Name: Louis Martinez; Birth Date: 6 Oct 1930; Residence Place: New Mexico; War: Korean War; Military Service Branch: US Army; Military Unit: B CO 1/32 REGT 7ID; Military Rank: Private First Class; MIA Place: South Korea [North Korea]; Death Date: 25 Mar 1953; Location Lost: Korea (Dmz); URL: https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000xHUgqEAG.
5. ↑ "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970" National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2375 #1406068 (accessed 25 May 2022)
   Name: Louis Martinez; Birth Date: 6 Oct 1930; Service Number: RA 18 327 245; Unit: Cpl. Prov. Co. B 32nd Inf. Regt.; Enlistment Date: 17 Jan 1948; Death Date: 26 Mar 1954; Cemetery: Fairview Cemt; Cemetery Location: Raton, New Mexico, USA.

• "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ford Ord Military Reservation, Monterey, California; Roll: 1711; Sheet Number: 807; Enumeration District: 27-98C
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #260259471 (accessed 25 May 2022)
  Louis A Martinez (19) in Ford Ord Military Reservation, Monterey, California, USA. Born in Colorado.
• Monumental inscription. United States of America. Fairview Presbyterian Cemetery, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico. 1954 (1930). MARTINEZ, Louis. GPS: 36.904033, -104.423613. Photographed by: Azure Robinson: taken 13 Nov 2021.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #24170744 (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 May 2022) Memorial page for Louis Martinez (6 Oct 1930-26 Mar 1954), citing Fairview Presbyterian Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (plot: G-70); Maintained by Nancy Robertson (contributor 46945954).
• Memorial Find A Grave: Memorial #184464066 (accessed 25 May 2022) Memorial page for CPL Louis Martinez (6 Oct 1930-25 Mar 1953), citing Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA (plot: Courts of The Missing); Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 May 2022, 15:59), entry for Louis Martinez (FamilySearch Person: GX71-QZL ); contributed by various users.