ISOB Manuel O. Martinez (1st Infantry Division)
Details:
In the church graveyard.
A tall standing civilian white gravestone.
The Isolated Burial (ISOB) of PFC Manuel Otero Martinez who fought in both the Spanish Civil War and in World War 2. He immigrated to New York and joined the US Army. During WW2 he served with the 16th Infantry Regiment, of the "Bid Red One"- 1st Infantry Division. He was killed in action on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He is considered the only Spaniard who was KIA in the Normandy landings.
Memorials also remember him on Omaha Beach and at A Coruña, Spain. See sites Omaha Beach- 1st Infantry Division and A Coruña.
Monument Text:
Manuel Otero Martínez
1916-1944
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People:
Units:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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