The Latino American Recipients Congressional Medals of Honor
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
Civil War
- Seaman John Ortega (Spain) - 1864 U.S. Navy
- Corporal Joseph H. De Castro (Boston, MA) - 1864 U.S. Army
- Ordinary Seaman Philip Bazaar (Chile) - 1865 U.S. Navy
Boxer Rebellion
- Private France Silva (Haywood, CA) - 1901 U.S.M.C.
World War I
- Private David Barkeley (Laredo, TX) - 1918 U.S. Army
World War II
- Private Joseph P. Martinez (Taos, NM) - 1943 U.S. Army
- Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams (Port Arthur, TX) - 1944 U.S. Army
- Sergeant Jose M. Lopez (Mission, TX) - 1944 U.S. Army
- Staff Sergeant Macario Garcia (Mexico) - 1944 U.S. Army
- Private First Class Jose F. Valdez (Governador, NM) - 1945 U.S. Army
- Technical Sergeant Cleto Rodriguez (San Marcos, TX) - 1945 U.S. Army
- Private First Class Manuel Perez, Jr. (Oklahoma City, OK) - 1945 U.S. Army
- Private First Class Silvestre S. Herrera (El Paso, TX) - 1945 U.S. Army
- Staff Sergeant Ysmael R. Villegas (Casa Blanca, CA) - 1945 U.S. Army
- Private First Class Harold Gonsalves (Alameda, CA) - 1945 U.S.M.C.
- Private First Class Alejandro R. Renteria Ruiz (Loving, NM) - 1945 U.S. Army
- Private First Class David M. Gonzales (Pacoima, CA) - 1945 U S. Army
Korean Conflict
- First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez (Tampa, FL) - 1950 U.S.M.C.
- Private First Class Eugene A. Obregon (Los Angeles, CA) - 1950 U.S.M.C.
- Sergeant Joseph C. Rodriguez (San Bernardino, CA) - 1951 U.S. Army
- Corporal Rodolfo P. Hernandez (Colton, CA) - 1951 U.S. Army
- Private First Class Edward Gomez (Omaha, NE) - 1951 U.S.M.C.
- Private First Class Fernando Luis Garcia (Utuado, PR) - 1952 U.S.M.C
- Corporal Benito Martinez (Fort Hancock, TX) - 1952 U.S. Army
- Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen (La Junta, CO) - 1953 U.S.M.C.
Vietnam Era
- Captain Humbert Versace (Puerto Rico) - 1965 U.S. Army
- Specialist Fourth Class Daniel Fernandez (Albuquerque, NM) - 1966 U.S. Army
- Specialist Fourth Class Alfred Rascon (Chihuahua, Mexico) - 1966 U.S. Army
- Captain Euripides Rubio (Ponce, PR) - 1966 U. S. Army
- First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (Lodi, CA) - 1967 U.S. Army
- Private First Class Carlos James Lozada (Caguas, PR) - 1967 U.S. Army
- Sergeant Alfredo Gonzalez (Edinburgh, TX) - 1968 U.S.M.C.
- Major Jay R. Vargas, Jr. (Winslow, AZ) - 1968 U.S.M.C.
- Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez (El Campo, TX) - 1968 U.S. Army
- Specialist Fourth Class Hector Santiago-Colon (Salinas, PR) - 1968 U. S. Army
- Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez (Mexico) - 1969 U.S.M.C.
- Private First Class Ralph E. Dias (Shelocia, PA) - 1969 U.S.M.C.
- Lance Corporal Emilio A. De la Garza, Jr. (East Chicago, IN) - 1970 U.S.M.C.
- Lance Corporal Miguel Keith (San Antonio, TX) - 1970 U.S.M.C.
- Warrant Officer Louis R. Rocco (Albuquerque, NM) - 1970 U.S. Army