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Hispanic-American Medal of Honor Recipients JIMENEZ, JOSE FRANCISCO Rank and organization: Lance
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
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Hispanic-American Medal of Honor Recipients JIMENEZ, JOSE FRANCISCO Rank and organization: Lance
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
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Citation: For conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving
as a fire team leader with Company K, in operations against the enemy. L/Cpl. Jimenez'
unit came under heavy attack by North Vietnamese soldiers concealed in well camouflaged
emplacements. L/Cpl. Jimenez reacted by seizing the initiative and plunging forward
toward the enemy positions. He personally destroyed several enemy personnel and silenced
an antiaircraft weapon. Shouting encouragement to his companions, L/Cpl. Jimenez continued
his aggressive forward movement. He slowly maneuvered to within 10 feet of hostile
soldiers who were firing automatic weapons from a trench and, in the face of vicious
enemy fire, destroyed the position. Although he was by now the target of concentrated
fire from hostile gunners intent upon halting his assault, L/Cpl. Jimenez continued
to press forward. As he moved to attack another enemy soldier, he was mortally wounded.
L/Cpl. Jimenez' indomitable courage, aggressive fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion
to duty upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the U.S. Naval Service.