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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)

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)
 
 
 

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)

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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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