Sergeant Major Juan Enrique Negron-Martinez (Korea) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/puertorico.asp. Juan Enrique Negron-Martinez, native of Puerto Rico, enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1948 and served in Company L, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. The 65th Infantry is known as the Borinqueneers, after the soldiers’ Puerto Rican heritage. On April 28, 1951, Sergeant Major Negron-Martinez took the most vulnerable position while fighting the enemy in Kalma-Eri, Korea. When his company began to withdraw, he continued his assault while the company organized and launched a counterattack. Negron-Martinez received numerous medals for his service and stayed in the army until March 1971. Negron-Martinez was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 18, 2014, posthumously. He died March 29, 1996.
https://www.army.mil/article/176781/hispanic_american_medal_of_honor_recipients.
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Negron's daughter Iris accepted the Medal of Honor for her late father on March 18, 2014.

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