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** Staff Sergeant [[Lucian Adams]], for action in World War II.

** Master Sergeant [[Roy Benavidez]], for action in the [[Vietnam War]].

** Colonel [[Cecil Hamilton Bolton]], for action in World War II.

** Staff Sergeant [[William J. Bordelon]], for action at the [[Battle of Tarawa]] in World War II.

** Platoon Sergeant [[William George Harrell]], for action at [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] in World War II.

** Second Lieutenant [[Lloyd Herbert Hughes]], for action in [[Operation Tidal Wave]] in World War II.

** Private [[Milton A. Lee]], for action in the Vietnam War.

** Sergeant First Class [[Jose M. Lopez]],  for action in World War II.

** First Lieutenant [[James E. Robinson, Jr.]], for action in World War II.

** Chief Warrant Officer [[Louis R. Rocco]], for action in the Vietnam War.

** Master Sergeant [[Cleto Luna Rodriguez]], for action in World War II.

** Colonel [[Seth Lathrop Weld]], for action in the [[Philippine–American War]].

** Colonel [[Charlie Beckwith]], creator of [[1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta]] (Delta Force).

** Colonel [[Doc Blanchard]], [[Heisman Trophy]] winner for 1945

** Brigadier General [[Oscar Bergstrom Abbott]], Commanding General of [[Camp Beale]] during World War II.

** Brigadier General [[Bertram A. Bone]], USMC; was a Commanding officer of [[1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion|1st Defense Battalion]] during World War II.

** General [[Richard E. Cavazos]], United States Army's first Hispanic four-star general.

** Lt. Colonel [[Granville C. Coggs]], prominent U.S. medical doctor, U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force/U.S. Air Force Reserves officer, and trained bombardier pilot with the famed Tuskegee Airmen or "Red Tails." First African American to serve as a staff physician at the Kaiser Hospital in [[San Francisco, California]].

** Major General [[Mary E. Clarke]], final director of the [[Women's Army Corps]]  

** Lt. Colonel [[Richard E. Cole]], [[Doolittle_Raid|Doolitle Raider]]

** Brigadier General [[Lillian Dunlap]], former chief of the [[United States Army Nurse Corps]], recipient of the [[U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal]], the [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]], and the [[Army Commendation Medal]] (with [[oak leaf cluster]]).

** [[Gustavo C. Garcia|Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia]], Mexican-American civil rights attorney

** [[Joseph A. Green]], commander of Coastal Artillery Corps

** [[Robert Gottschall]], actor working under the name Robert Shaw, and former United States Army Lieutenant Colonel.

** Lieutenant General [[Charles P. Hall]], commanded the [[93rd Infantry Division (United States)|93rd Infantry Division]] and XI Corps in World War II.

** General [[Henry I. Hodes]], U.S. Army four-star general

** [[Major General]] [[Harry H. Johnson]], commander of the [[2nd Cavalry Division (United States)|2nd Cavalry Division]] and [[93rd Infantry Division (United States)|93rd Infantry Division]] during World War II.

** [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] [[Charles I. Murray]], USMC. A recipient of [[Navy Cross]] and [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Army Distinguished Service Cross]].

** Colonel [[Ralph Parr]], WW II, Korean War, Viet Nam War veteran; only person to be awarded [[Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] and [[Air_Force_Cross_(United_States)|Air Force Cross]]; credited with ten aerial kills (double ace) during Korean War, including the last aerial kill of the war - an [[Ilyushin_Il-12|Il-12]].

** Brigadier General [[John L. Pierce]], World War II commander of [[16th Armored Division (United States)|16th Armored Division]] in European theater.

** Captain [[William Millican Randolph]], namesake of [[Randolph Air Force Base]].

** Major General [[Emil F. Reinhardt]], World War II commander of [[69th Infantry Division (United States)|69th Infantry Division]] and [[IX Corps (United States)|IX Corps]].

** [[Joe Sage]], member of the [[Texas House of Representatives]] from Bexar County from 1973 to 1975

** [[Frank Tejeda]], [[US Congress]]man.

** Colonel [[Gerald Evan Williams]], Commander of the 391st Bombardment Group, 1943–1945

** Major General [[Roscoe B. Woodruff]], World War II commander of 77th and 24th Infantry Divisions and VII Corps in both European and Pacific theaters.

** Colonel [[Edward J. York]], [[Doolittle_Raid|Doolitle Raider]]

**Carlos Martinez, CEO and President of the American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program

** 27 [[Buffalo Soldier]]s who served during the [[Indian Wars]].

** 140 Axis prisoners of war from World War II.

** 4 British [[Royal Air Force]] officers from World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Cemetery Details {{!}} CWGC|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2073190/SAN%20ANTONIO%20(FORT%20SAM%20HOUSTON)%20NATIONAL%20CEMETERY/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-27|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|language=en}}</ref>