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Cause of Death: Head injuries
End of Watch: January 19, 1943
Date of Incident: January 19, 1943
Age: 30
Rank: Fireman Apprentice
Status: Career
Badge Number: N/A
Tour of Duty: 3 months
Assignment: Truck Co. #3 (Station #7)
Nature of Death: Died from injuries sustained in 3-way vehicle crash.

Fireman Henry E. Martinez was killed when Ladder Truck #3 from Station No. 7, a truck loaded with butane and a private auto were involved in a three-way collision at Aransas Avenue and South Hackberry on a cold January 19, 1943.  The novice fireman was killed instantly when he was thrown to the pavement from the ladder trucks running board. Truck #3 responded out of Fire Station #7, 604 South Alamo to a regular alarm on South Gevers and was headed south on Hackberry when it collided with the gas truck and smashed into a deserted filling station at Denver and Hackberry. Capt. Alfred S. Gassman, 49, who was in charge of the truck died on January 22, 1943 from injuries he suffered in the same collision.

Fireman Henry E. Martinez was survived by his wife Juanita, son Henry and daughter Eliza.  He was buried at San Fernando Cemetery #2.