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At least 42 Medal of Honor Recipients
ADAMS, Lucian
World
War II, Staff Sergeant, United States Army,United
States of America USA 30th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Was awarded the
Medal of Honor. Entered Service and Place of Birth: PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS USA (1)
Baca, John P.
Vietnam, United
States Army, Specialist Fourth Class,
U.S. Army,
Company D, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. Received the
Medal of HonorEntered service at: Fort Ord,
Californica,
place of birth: Providence,
R.l (2)
BARKLEY, David
World War I, United
States Army USA,
Born 1899 in Laredo, Texas. David Barkley was awarded the Medal
of Honor and years later was recognized as the
Army's first Hispanic Medal of Honor recipient. His Hispanic background came
to light 71 years after he gallantly gave his life for his country. Place of
Birth: LAREDO, TEXAS (3)
BAZAAR, Philip
Civil
War, Ordinary Seaman, United States Navy, United States of America, on board
the USS Santiago de Cuba. Was Awarded the Medal of Honor. Place of Birth: CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA.
(4)
BENAVIDEZ, Roy P.
Vietnam,
Master Sergeant, United States Army, United States of America, Detachment
B-56, 5th Special Forces Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Raised in El Campo,
Born in De Witt County, Cuero,
Texas (5)
BERTOLDO,
Vito R.
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Bertoldo joined the Army from his birth place of Decatur, Illinois, and by January 9, 1945 was
serving as a Master Sergeant in Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division.
On that day, in Hatten, France,
he manned a machine gun in defense of a command post being attacked by a
numerically superior German force. When evacuation became necessary, he
voluntarily stayed behind to cover the withdrawal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_R._Bertoldo
DE CASTRO, JOSEPH H.
Civil
War, Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and Date: At
Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Birth: Boston, Mass.
Date of Issue: 1 December 1864.
DE LA GARZA, Emilio A.
Vietnam, Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps USA, Company
E, 2d Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered
Service at: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
(7)
DIAS, Ralph E.
Vietnam, Private First Class, United
States Marine Corps USA, 3d Platoon, Company D, 1st
Marine Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service: PITTSBURG. Place of
Birth: SHELOCTA, PENNSYLVANIA (8)
FERNANDEZ, Daniel,
Vietnam,
Specialist Fourth Class, United States Army USA, Company C, 1st Battalion,
5th Infantry (Mechanized) 25th Infantry Divsion.
Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service at: ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
USA. (9)
GARCIA, Fernando, Luis
Korea, Private
First Class, United States
USA
Marine Corps, Company I, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Was
awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service at: SAN JUAN,
PUERTO RICO. Place of Birth: UTUADO, PUERTO RICO (10)
GARCIA, Marcario
World
War II, Staff Sergeant, United States Army USA, Company B, 22d Infantry, 4th
Infantry Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service at: Sugerland, Texas
Place of Birth:
VILLA de CASTANO, MEXICO (11)
(12)
GOMEZ, Edward
Korea,
Private First Class, United States Marine Corps USA, Reserve, Company E, 2d
Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor.Entered Service and Place of Birth: OMAHA, NEBRASKA
(13)
GONSALVES, Harold
World
War II, Private First Class, United States Marine Corps Reserve, 4th
Battalion, 15th Marines, 6th Marine Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Place of Birth: ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA
(14)
GONZALEZ, Alfredo
Vietnam, Sergeant,
Platoon Commander, U.S.
Marine Corps, Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Vietnam. Was
awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered service at: San
Antonio, Texas Born: 23 May
1946, Edinburg, TEXAS. (15)
GONZALES, David M.
World
War II, Private First Class,
United States
Army, Company A, 127th Infantry, 32 Infantry Division. Was awarded the Medal
of Honor. Entered Service and Place of Birth: PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA
(16)
GUILLEN, Ambrosio
Korea, Staff
Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines,
1st Marine Divsion. Was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Entered Service: EL PASO,
TEXAS.
Place of Birth: LA JUNTA, COLORADO
(17)
HERNANDEZ, Rodolfo P.
Korea,
Corporal, United States Army, United States of America, Company G, 187th
Airborne Regimental Combat Team. Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Place of
Birth: COLTON, CALIFORNIA (18)
HERRERA, Silvestre S.
World
War II, Private First Class, United States Army, Company E, 142d Infantry,
36th Infantry Divsion. Was awarded the Medal of
Honor. Place of birth: EL PASO, TEXAS Entered
service
at: PHOENIX, ARIZONA (19)
JIMENEZ, Jose Francisco
Vietnam, Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps USA, Company
K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Was awarded the Medal of
Honor. Born: MEXICO CITY,
MEXICO.
Entered service: PHOENIX,
ARIZONA (20)
KEITH, Miguel
Vietnam, Lance Corporal,
United States
Marine Corps Combined Action Platoon 1-3-2, III Marine Amphibious Force. Was
awarded the Medal of Honor. Born: SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS
Entered service: OMAHA, NEBRASKA. (21)
LOPEZ, Baldomero
Korea, 1st Lieutenant, United Stats
Marine Corps, United
States of America, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine
Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Entered service: TAMPA, FLORIDA (22)
LOPEZ, Jose M.
World
War II, Sergeant, United States Army, United States of American, 2d Infantry
Division. Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Place of Birth: MISSION, TEXAS.
Entered Service: BROWNSVILLE,
TEXAS (23)
LOZADA, Carlos James
Vietnam, Private First Class, United
States Army USA, Company A, 2nd Battalion,
502d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade. Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Born: CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO.
Entered Service: NEW YORK,
NEW YORK
(24)
MARTINEZ, Benito
Korea, Corporal,
United States Army, United
States of America, Company A, 27th
Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Was awarded the Medal of
Honor.
Place of Birth: FORT HANCOCK,
TEXAS. (25)
MARTINEZ, JOE P
World
War II- Aleutians, Private,
United States
Army, Company K, 32d Infantry, 7th Infantry Division. Was awarded the Medal
of Honor. Entered service at: Ault, Colorado
Birth: Taos, NEW MEXICO (26)
OBREGON, Eugene Arnold
Korea, Private
First Class, United States
Marine Corps USA,
Company G, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Was awarded the
Medal of Honor. Place of Birth: LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA. (27)
ORTEGA, John
United States Civil War,
Seaman, United
States Navy, United States of American, USS Saratoga USA. Was
awarded the Medal of Honor. Born in the year 1840. Place of Birth: John
Ortega was born in SPAIN.
(28)
Perez, Manuel, Jr.
World
War II -Philippines, Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A 511th
Parachute Infantry, 11th Airborne Division. Was awarded the
Medal of Honor. Entered service at. Chicago, Illinois
Born: 3 March 1923 Oklahoma City,
Okla
(29)
Alfred V. Rascon
Vietnam, War Zone
D, north of Saigon, on March 16, 1966, as a
soldier-medic in the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Was awarded the Medal of
Honor. Born Born: 1945, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Alfred Rascon came to California as a child. After high school
he joined the Army in 1963. (30)
ROCCO, Louis R.
Vietnam, Warrant Officer, United
States Army USA,
Advisory Team 162, United
States Military Assistance Command. Was
awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service: LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA Place of Birth: ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
USA (31)
RODRIGUEZ, Cleto
World
War II, Technical Army, Company B, 148th Infantry, 37th Division. United States of America.
Was awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
Place of Birth: MARCOS, TEXAS (32)
RODRIGUEZ, Joseph C.
Korea, Sergeant,
United States Army USA, Company
F, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Was awarded the Medal of
Honor. Place of Birth: SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
(33)
RUBIO, Euripides
Vietnam, Captain, United States
Army United States of
America, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, RVN. Was
awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service at: Fort
Buchanan, PUERTO
RICO.
Born: PONCE, PUERTO RICO.
(34)
RUIZ, Alejandro R.
World
War II, Private First Class, United States Army USA, 165th Infantry, 27th
Infantry Division. Was awared the Medal of Honor
Entered Service at: CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, Place of Birth: LOVING, NEW MEXICO USA. (35)
SANTIAGO-COLON, Hector
Vietnam,
Specialist Fourth Class, United States Army USA, Company B, 5th Battalion,
7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (airmobile). Awarded the Medal of Honor.
Entered Service at: New York,
New York. Place of Birth: SALINAS, PUERTO RICO
(36)
SILVA, France
Year
was 1901, The Boxer Rebellion, Private, United States Marine Corps United
States of America. Was Awarded the Medal of Honor. Place of Birth: HAYWARDS, CALIFORNIA.
Born on: May 8, 1876 (37)
VALDEZ, Jose F.
World
War II, Private First Class, United States Army USA, Company B, 7th Infantry
Division. Awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered Service at: Pleasant Grove, Utah. Place of
Birth: GOVERNADOR, NEW MEXICO (38)
VARGAS, Jay R., Jr.
Vietnam,
Major, United States Marine Corps USA, Company G, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines,
9th Marine Amphibious Brigade. Awarded the Medal of Honor.
Place of Birth: WINSLOW, ARIZONA (39)
Captain
Humbert Roque VERSACE
VILLEGAS, Ysmael
R.
World
War II, Staff Sergeant, United States Army USA, Company F, 127th Infantry,
32d Infantry Division. Awarded the Medal of Honor. Place of Birth: CASA BLANCA, CALIFORNIA
(40)
YABES, Maximo
Vietnam, First Sergeant, United
States Army USA, Company A, 4th Battalion,
9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Awarded the Medal of Honor. Entered
Service at: Eugene, Oregon,
Place of Place of Birth: LODI,
CALIFORNIA. (41)
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