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Private First Class Fernando Luis Garcia-Ledesma (Korea) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/puertorico.asp. Fernando Luis Garcia-Ledesma, native of Puerto Rico, joined the U.S. Marine Corps on September 19, 1951. He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On September 5, 1952, less than a year in service, a wounded Garcia-Ledesma was under heavy attack from enemy forces while attempting to secure weapons. Without regard for personal safety he threw himself on a grenade and saved a comrade. Private First Class Garcia-Ledesma received the Medal of Honor posthumously on October 25, 1953.  https://www.koreanwar.org/html/10240/korean-war-project-puerto-rico-1225452-pfc-fernando-luis-garcia-ledesma/.
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