Monument Details

PFC Manuel O. Martinez Plaque- 16th Infantry Regiment

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Details:

At the base of the 1st Infantry Division memorial information sign. Plaque

A metal inscribed plaque.

The plaque remembers PFC Manuel Otero Martínez who was born in Galicia, Spain and fought and died on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 fighting with the 16th Infantry Regiment of the "Big Red One", 1st Infantry Division. PFC Martinez is considered the only soldier of Spanish decent to be killed in Action on D-Day.

PFC Martinez is buying in a Isolated Grave (ISOB) in his home town of Outes, Spain and a memorial remembers him in A Coruña, Spain; see sites Outes and A Coruña for more.

Monument Text:

On the plaque attached to the back side of the base:

IN MEMORIAM

MANUEL OTERO MARTINEZ

NE A SIERRA DE OUTES, LA COROGNE, ESPAGNE

SOLDAT DE PREMIÉRE CLASSE DE L'ARMÉE DES

ÉTATS-UNIS, PREMIÉRE DIVISION (THE BIG RED ONE) 16e RÉGIMENT D'INFANTERIE

LA SEULE PERSONNE DE LA GALICE ET L'ESPAGNE

QUI MOURUT SUR LA PLAGE D'OMAHA

PENDANT LE DÉBARQUEMENT DE NORMANDIE, LE 6 JUIN DE 1944

75e ANNIVERSAIRE - LE 6 JUIN DE 2019

LES AMIS DU MUSÉE MILITAIRE ET HISTORIQUE DE LA COROGNE - ESPAGNE

IN MEMORIAM

MANUEL OTERO MARTINEZ

BORN IN SIERRA DE OUTES, LA CORUÑA, SPAIN

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS IN THE ARMY OF THE

UNITED STATES, FIRST DIVISION (THE BIG RED ONE) 16th INFANTRY REGIMENT

THE ONLY PERSON FROM GALICIA AND SPAIN

WHO DIED ON OMAHA BEACH

IN THE NORMANDY LANDINGS ON 6 JUNE 1944

75th ANNIVERSARY - 6 JUNE 2019

FRIENDS OF THE MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM OF LA CORUÑA - SPAIN

Commemorates:

People:

Manuel Otero Martinez

Units:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

1st Infantry Division

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Normandy Invasion

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