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SEARCH ABBREVIATIONS:
CO. A – Company A
HQ HQ CO – Headquarters & Headquarters Co.
HQ CO 1 BN – Headquarters Co. 1st Battalion
HQ CO 2 BN – Headquarters Co. 2nd Battalion
HQ CO 3 BN – Headquarters Co. 3rd Battalion
HVY MORTAR CO – Heavy Mortar Co.
HVY TANK CO – Heavy Tank Co.
MEDICAL CO – Medical Company
SVC CO – Service Company
WWII – World War II
WWI – World War I
1LT – First Lieutenant / Primer Teniente
2LT – Second Lieutenant / Segundo Teniente
BG – Brigadier General / General de Brigada
CPT – Captain / Capitán
COL – Colonel / Coronel
CMDR – Commander / Comandante
CPL – Corporal / Cabo
CSM – Command Sergeant Major / Sargento Mayor de Comando
CWO – Chief Warrant Officer / “Warrant Officer” en Jefe
GEN – General / General
LTC – Lieutenant Colonel / Teniente Coronel
MAJ – Major / Mayor
MG – Major General / Mayor General
MSG – Master Sergeant / Sargento Maestro
PFC – Private First Class / Soldado Primera Clase
PVT – Private / Soldado
1SG – First Sergeant / Primer Sargento
SFC – Sergeant First Class / Sargento Primera Clase
SGM – Sergeant Major / Sargento Mayor
SGT – Sergeant / Sargento
SSG – Staff Sergeant / Sargento de Personal
WO – Warrant Officer / “Warrant Officer”
Keywords:
ARNG – Army National Guard/Guardia Nacional del Ejército
Deceased – muerto
Killed in action – muerto en acción
Missing in action – desaparecido en acción
POW – prisoner of war / prisionero de guerra
Ret. – Retired / licenciado
USAF – U.S. Air Force /Fuerza Aérea de los EE.UU.
USMA – U.S. Military Academy West Point / Academia Militar de West Point
USN – U.S. Navy / Marina de los EE.UU.
1SG Lorenzo Colon (Ret.)
E CO-WWII & HQ CO 1 BN 1950-1952, Bronze Star (3 Meritorious, 1 Valor), Served 30 yrs, (Deceased 1995)
1SG Gabriel Colón-Merced (Ret.)
Co. C & Co. K 1950-1953; 2 Bronze Stars (Vietnam War); Served 26 yrs. (Deceased 2003)
Maj. Gen. Juan Cesar Cordero (Ret. ARNG)
Regimental Commander 2/1952-9/1952, WWII-2nd Bn. Commander; Silver Star (Deceased 1965)
MSG Carlos E. Cordova (Ret.)
Co. I, Co. F & Co. A 1950-1951, Served 1940-60 (20 yrs.) (Deceased 2012)
Col. Charles J. Crane (Ret.)
Regimental Commander - Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry, 9/25/1903-9/3/1905, USMA-1877 (Deceased 1928)
LTC Harris C. Crowell (Ret.)
HQ HQ CO 1950-1951, Bronze Star for Meritorious Service (Deceased 1995)
Col. Paul G. Daly (Ret.)
Regimental Commander, 6/22/1944-12/5/1944 - Distinguished Service Cross-WWI with 18th INF REGT (Deceased 1974)
Col. Herman W. Dammer (Ret.)
2nd Bn. Commander 1950-51, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart; Served 1935-1965 (35 yrs.) (Deceased 1997)
1LT Stanley Dankowski
Co. K 1953, Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, Killed in action 7/6/1953
COL Lowell M. Davis (ARNG, Ret.)
CO G 1952-1953, Distinguished Svc Cross, Silver Star, served 37 yrs.
Maj. Lorenzo P. Davison (Ret.)
Regimental Commander, Porto Rico Battalion Volunteer Infantry, 3/24/1899-12/1/1899, USMA-1885 (Deceased 1917)
1LT Adolfo J. de Hostos
CO F 1909-1919, Porto Rico Regt., brother Eugenio served in COS B & E (Deceased 1982)
LTC Eugenio C. de Hostos
CO B & CO E 1905-1920, Porto Rico Regt., brother Adolfo served ub CO F (Deceased 1959)
