Hispanic-American Medal of Honor Recipients

Would you jump on a grenade to protect your mission, your weapons or your fellow soldiers? Would you take a bullet and continue fighting for the sake of the country? How about several bullets and some shrapnel?

Would you risk your life to save another soldier or expose yourself to open fire to keep your entire platoon from perishing?

Thirty-seven Hispanics are among the more than 3,400 Medal of Honor recipients awarded since its creation in 1861. They risked their lives for the sake of the country and often saved the battle or the platoon.

These are the congressional narratives describing the heroic efforts of the 37 Hispanic-American Medal of Honor recipients.

 List of recipients gathered and composed by DefenseLINK

ADAMS, LUCIAN BACA, JOHN P. BARKELEY, DAVID B. BAZAAR, PHILIP BENAVIDEZ, ROY P. DE LA GARZA, EMILIO A., JR. DIAS, RALPH E. FERNANDEZ, DANIEL GARCIA, FERNANDO LUIS GARCIA, MARCARIO GOMEZ, EDWARD GONSALVES, HAROLD GONZALEZ, ALFREDO

GONZALES, DAVID M. GUILLEN, AMBROSIO HERNANDEZ, RODOLFO P. HERRERA, SILVESTRE S. JIMENEZ, JOSE FRANCISCO KEITH, MIGUEL LOPEZ, BALDOMERO LOPEZ, JOSE M. LOZADA, CARLOS JAMES MARTINEZ, BENITO MARTINEZ, JOE P. OBREGON, EUGENE ARNOLD ORTEGA, JOHN

PEREZ, MANUEL, JR. ROCCO, LOUIS R. RODRIGUEZ, CLETO RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C. RUBIO, EURIPIDES RUIZ, ALEJANDRO R. RENTERIA SANTIAGO-COLON, HECTOR SILVA, FRANCE VALDEZ, JOSE F. VARGAS, M. SANDO, JR. VILLEGAS, YSMAEL R. YABES, MAXIMO

Other Related Sites of Interest:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
U.S. Army Center of Military History: Full-text Listings of Medal of Honor Citations

http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/med_of_honor.html
DefenseLINK: A Brief History -- The Medal of Honor