MARTINEZ LOUIS J

LTC Louis J. Martinez was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 07/27/2014 at the age of 69.0
Merritt Island, FL
Flight Classes 68-16 and 68-26
Date of Birth 07/26/1945
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 125 ATC in 68-69, 334 AWC in 69-70
Call signs in Vietnam TRAFFIC MINDER, PLAYBOY
This information was provided by Walter H. Fugler, Sammie Williams

More detail on this person: LTC Louis J. Martinez, US Army Ret passed away July 27, 2014. Serving 26 years in the US Army, initially as a helicopter pilot and flight instructor, he then completed his Army service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Upon his military retirement, he worked another 23 years for KBR and owned his own consulting firm. He was a proud graduate of West Virginia University, member and fellow of The Society of American Military Engineers, Past President and member of the Cocoa Beach Daybreak Rotary Club and President of the Florida Chapter of the Design Build Institute of America. He is survived by his wife Julie, his mom Elizabeth Martinez, his children Angela (Glenn) Goral and Breann (John) Jones and 5 grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family would request donations to the Society of American Military Engineers Education & Mentoring Fund. Please note "In Memory of Lou Martinez" on your donation. Donations can be mailed to SAME, 607 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 or you can visit their website at www.same.org. A memorial service will be held on August 4, 2014, at 11am at Suntree United Methodist Church in Melbourne, FL with burial service to be held Spring 2015 at Arlington National Cemetery.

Lou and I were reunited at the Louisville Reunion in July 2014 for the first time since 1970. He and I crashed a Cobra in the Song Be River on Christmas Day 1969.

From: Walter H. Fugler

Obituary: LT. Colonel Louis J. Martinez, US Army, Ret, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014. Serving 26 years in the US Army, initially as a helicopter pilot and flight instructor, he then completed his Army service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Upon his military retirement he worked another 23 years for KBR and owned his own consulting firm. He was a proud graduate of West Virginia University and received his Masters Degree from John Hopkins University. He was a member and fellow of The Society of American Military Engineers, Past President and member of the Cocoa Beach Daybreak Rotary Club and President of the Florida Chapter of the Design Build Institute of America and member of the Associated General Contractors of America.

He is survived by his wife, Julie; his mom, Elizabeth Martinez; his children, Angela (Glenn) Goral, and Breann (John) Jones; five grandchildren; his brothers, Michael Martinez and Alan (Kim) Martinez, and his sister, Heidi Babin.

In lieu of flowers the family would request donations to the Society of American Military Engineers Education and Mentoring Fund. Please note 'In Memory of Lou Martinez' on your donation. Donations can be mailed to SAME, 607 Prince St, Alexandria, VA 22314 or donate online at www.same.org. You will find the donation link under the "About SAME" tab "Make a Donation". A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, August 4, 2014, at Suntree United Methodist Church, Melbourne, FL with burial service to be held Spring 2015 at Arlington National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. You may sign Lou's guest book at beckmanwilliamson.com

Published in FLORIDA TODAY on Aug. 2, 2014

Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

This information was last updated 07/06/2014

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