Puerto Rico National Cemetery: Difference between revisions

The following list has the names of distinguished Puerto Ricans, and non-Puerto Rican veterans who have made Puerto Rico their home, who served in the US military and are interred there.

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** [[Fernando Luis García|Fernando Luis García Ledesma]] (1929–1952{{KIA}}), PFC, US Marine Corps. García Ledesma was the first Puerto Rican awarded the Medal of Honor ([[cenotaph]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/pr/nat/prnat_garc.htm|title=Puerto Rico National Cemetery – Surnames Garc – Puerto Rico|website=www.interment.net|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[Juan E. Negrón|Juan E. Negrón-Martínez]] (1929–1996), Master Sergeant, US Army. Negrón, a member of the [[65th Infantry Regiment]], was awarded the medal posthumously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/pr/nat/prnat_naneg.htm|title=Puerto Rico National Cemetery – Surnames Na-Neg – Puerto Rico|website=www.interment.net|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

* Others

** [[Bailey Ashford|Bailey K. Ashford]],  Colonel, US Army. [[Spanish–American War]] veteran, doctor, [[parasitology|parasitologist]], author. A pioneering physician, Ashford organized and conducted a parasite treatment campaign, which cured approximately 300,000 persons (one-third of the Puerto Rico population) and reduced the death rate from this anemia by 90 percent.

** [[Carlos Fernando Chardón]], Major General, US Army. [[Puerto Rico Adjutant General]] from 1969 to 1973. Chardon was also the [[Secretary of State of Puerto Rico]] from 1969 to 1973<ref>[http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/republicanopr/message/991?var=1&p=1 Fernando Chardón] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130217023446/http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/republicanopr/message/991?var=1&p=1 |date=2013-02-17 }}</ref>

** [[Virgilio N. Cordero, Jr.]], Brigadier General, US Army. Battalion Commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment. He documented his experiences as a prisoner of war and his participation in the infamous [[Bataan Death March]] of [[World War II]].<ref name="TN">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19800609&id=_UVPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820,4011495|title=Toledo Blade – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[Puerto Rican recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross|Efrain Figueroa-Melendez]],  Staff Sergeant, US Army. Figueroa-Melendez, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, was a member of Company D, 3d Battalion, [[8th Infantry Regiment]], 4th Infantry Division. On three occasions Staff Sergeant Figueroa-Melendez purposely drew communist volleys on himself to permit his men to draw back to protected positions. Plot: E 563.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/pr/nat/prnat_figfli.htm|title=Puerto Rico National Cemetery – Surnames Fig-Fli – Puerto Rico|website=www.interment.net|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[César Luis González]], First Lieutenant, US Air Force. During World War II,  González became the first pilot from Puerto Rico to fly for the [[US Army Air Corps]] and one of the first Puerto Ricans to die in combat during that conflict. He was posthumously promoted to 1st. Lt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/pr/nat/prnat_gon.htm|title=Puerto Rico National Cemetery – Surnames Gon – Puerto Rico|website=www.interment.net|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[Puerto Rican recipients of the Navy Cross#Ramón Núñez Juárez|Ramón Núñez-Juárez]] (1931–1952{{KIA}}), PFC, US Marine Corps. Recipient of the [[Navy Cross]] in the Korean War ([[cenotaph]]).

** [[Agustín Ramos Calero]], Sergeant First Class, US Army. Ramos Calero, with 22 military decorations, was the most decorated Hispanic soldier in all of the United States during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/pr/nat/prnat_rabram.htm|title=Puerto Rico National Cemetery – Surnames Rab-Ram – Puerto Rico|website=www.interment.net|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[Augusto Rodríguez (soldier)|Augusto Rodríguez]], Lieutenant, United States Union Army. Rodríguez served in the American Civil War in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and led his men in the Battles of Fredericksburg and Wyse Fork.<ref>[https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/tributoalpuertorriquenoquepeleoenlaguerracivildeestadosunidos-1358452/ Tributo al puertorriqueño que peleó en la Guerra Civil de Estados Unidos (Spanish)]</ref>

** Lizbeth Robles, SPC, US Army. First Puerto Rican female soldier born in Puerto Rico to die in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/foreign/puertorico/cemeteries/pr-national/pr-r9.txt|title=PRNC|publisher=|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[Antulio Segarra]], Colonel, US Army. In 1943, Segarra became the first Puerto Rican Regular Army officer to command a Regular Army Regiment when he assumed the command of Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment which at the time was conducting security missions in the jungles of Panama. Plot: A, Row 0, Site 353.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/us/pr/nat/prnat_santoseo.htm|title=Puerto Rico National Cemetery – Surnames Santo-Seo – Puerto Rico|website=www.interment.net|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

** [[Pedro Vázquez (politician)|Pedro Vázquez Rivera]], Captain, US Marine Corps. Vázquez Rivera was an attorney and engineer who served as [[Puerto Rico]]'s eighth [[Secretaries of State of Puerto Rico|Secretary of State]] from 1979 to 1981 under Governor [[Carlos Romero Barceló]], Deputy Mayor of [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] from 1984 to 1988 under Mayor [[Baltasar Corrada del Rio]] and executive director of the publicly owned [[Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority]]  (PREPA) from 1977 to 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/muereexsecretariodeestado-999388/|title=Muere exsecretario de Estado|date=23 June 2011|website=El Nuevo Dia|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

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