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Personal info

Full name
MARTINI, Francis Dominic
Date of birth
4 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hyde Park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31461765
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Landscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 2 10

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Martini (father)
Sarah (Pengre) Martini (mother)
Josephine J. Martini (sister)
Cecilia P. Martini (sister)
Stella M. Martini (sister)
Raymond Martini (brother)
Margaret (Welch) Martini (wife)
Beverly F. Martini (daughter)
Joseph F. Martini (son)
Dorothy Martini (daughter)

More information

Pvt Francis D. Martini was married to Margaret Welch on 25 July 1936. They were divorced in 1945.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 5 April 1944. He was killed by gunshot wounds in the chest and the head.

In Boston the Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell in Hyde Park is named after him.

Source of information: André Koch, IDPF, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records 1637-1947
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Thomas Clark