Downtown El Paso in El Paso County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Treacherous Crossing

Company E, 36th Texas Division, 141st Infantry

— U.S. Army —

Treacherous Crossing Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, June 14, 2024

1. Treacherous Crossing Marker

Inscription.

Treacherous Crossing. Company E, 36th Texas Division, 141st Infantry. Company E, 141st Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. The only world war two US Army Infantry Unit that enlisted Mexican American soldiers. Company E began in 1941 when Mexican American National Guardsmen from El Paso, Texas were joined by Mexican Americans from other parts of Texas. Many of El Paso's sons served fighting against tyranny and oppression, notably in the Battle for Monte Cassino, Italy on January 22, 1944. During the treacherous crossing of the Rapido River, many soldiers from Company E were killed, wounded, or captured. They are all gone now, but their sacrifice and bravery live in our hearts forever. We reserve this place for reflection, remembrance and gratitude to the soldiers of Company E., Rodolph G. Acosta . Rafael G. Aguilar . Protacio Alaniz . Guillermo A. Alvarado . Roberto Barajas . Carlos C. Barrios . Pablo P. Bernal . Harvey W. Bransford . Joe Briones . Lawrence B. Burns . Carlos C. Campos . Noe Canales . James T. Canedo Jr. . Miguel Cano . Raul Caracena . Abner Carrasco . Jesus Carrasco Jr. . Eduardo Carreon . Alejandro B. Carrillo . Tirso F. Carrillo Ruben Castillo . Louis G. Cerda . John L. Chapin . Pablo Charles . Luis Cloud . Theodore Contreras . Ernesto L. Cortazar . Ramon G. Cortez . Albert J. Cruz . Jose M. Cuellar . Jesse Daly . Julio De Hoyos . Cristobal De La Garza . Guillermo L. De Leon . Pascual De Leon . Frank Dominguez . Jesus S. Escobedo . Margil G. Espinoza . Albert M. Esquibel . Eulalio E. Estrada . Francisco C. Felan . Alfredo Flores . Frank R. Flores . Ignacio B. Flores . Juan N. Flores . Pedro A. Flores . Francisco Flores Jr. . Sixto Frausto . Enrique V Fuentez . Domingo Garcia . Demencio Garcia . Jesus R. Garcia . Juan J. Garcia . Miguel S. Garcia Louis G. Garivay . Antonio B. Garza . Gilberto Garza . Bernardo M. Gonzalez . Carlos Gonzalez . Julio R. Gonzalez . Librado A. Gonzalez . Manuel C. Gonzalez . Navor G. Gonzalez . Pablo Gonzalez . Pedro Gonzalez . Raul Gonzalez . Roque M.R. Gonzalez . Mike N. Gonzalez Jr. . Paul G. Gutierrez . Ramon G. Gutierrez . Ricardo Gutierrez . Manuel Guzman . Enrique Hastings . Ascencion R. Hernandez . Cruz Hernandez . Jose C. Hernandez . Jose Hernandez . Manuel Hernandez . Earl A. Higginbotham . Antonio De Hoyos . James M. Humpries . Carlos Irrobali . Santiago V Jaramillo . Herbert C. Jiménez . Simon C. Jimenez . Eleuterio Juarez . Alfredo H. Leal . Manuel V. Limantur . Jesus V. Lopez . Alfredo Lozano . Jesus M. Lucio . Sidney E. Lurie . Lorenzo Maclas . Francisco G. Madrid . Manuel I. Madrid . Manuel E. Reza . Armando M. Martinez . Guadalupe Martinez . Miguel Martinez . Rodolfo L. Martinez . Jesus L. Medina . Miguel S. Melendez . John E. Miller . Alfonso Mojica . Reynaldo Molina . Apolonio R. Moncada . Robert P. Moncada . Roberto Montes . Jose F. Montoya . Adam Morales . Guadalupe C. Munoz . Gabriel L. Navarrete . Jesus J. Nieto . Enrique Ochotorena . Joe Olivas . Jose Ortega . Juan R. Padilla . Ricardo Palacios Jr. . Leonaldo Perez . Procopio Perez . Trinidad Perez . Angel Ponce . Jose Ponce . Antonio Provencio . Jose G. Qulroz . Armando Ramirez . Paul Ramirez . Gumercindo Ramos . Paul Rey Jr. . Apolonio Reyes . Reynaldo Reyna . Pedro Riojas . Manuel R. Rivera . Alfredo Robles . Charles G. Roclo . Ismael Rodriguez . Rafael Rodriguez . Ruben O. Rodriguez . Trinidad Rodriguez . Joe D. Roman . Eduardo Romo . Jesus D. Rosales . Jose A. Rosales . Ignacio Rosemond . Alfredo P Ruiz . Gabriel M. Salazar . Pablo Y. Saldana . Reyes C. Sanchez . Lorenzo G. Santlesteban . Salomon Santos . Andres D. Saucedo . Antonio D. Saucedo Juan D. Saucedo . Roque O. Segura . Dolores L. Segura Jr. . Ernesto G. Sendejo . Jose Silvas . Celestino Solis . Pedro T. Soto . Masimano A. Talamantes . Flavio R. Torres . Rafael Q. Torres . Ramon Torres . Rudolph M. Travino . Marcelino Valadez . Ellas Valdez . Leonardo B Vasquez . Pete B. Valenzuela . Joaquin Venegas . Daniel R. Villanueva . Domingo Villareal . Juan F. Yanez . Thomas G. Zapata . Ernesto Alonso . Carlos Blanco . Alberto Z. Caballero . Antonio Camacho . Manuel Cano . Rogelio Carbajal . Alfredo Carrasco . Jose Carreon . Eloiso H. De Avila . Raoui C. Dlaz . Ignacio Flores . J. Roy Garcia . Luis Garabay . Joel Gonzalez . Jesus Gavaldon . Grayson De Walt Gwyn . Edward N. Harris . Harley Dale Hughes . Alfonso Hernandez . Carlos Irroball . Herbert Kahl . Rodolfo Loya . Lorenzo M. Luna . Ulysses Mendez . Martin Mendivil . Jesse Mora . Mario Mora . Oscar Morales . Edmundo Moreno . Manuel Moreno . Guadalupe Moreno . Manuel Ornelas . Ernesto M. Payan . Juan Pruitt . Benjamin R. Quiroz . Alfredo Reyes . Manuel Reza . Alejandro Rivas . Oscar H. Rodriguez . Jesus Romo . Rafael Ruiz . Jose Saenz . Adalberto G. Saldaña . Luis T. Sanchez . Pablo Segura . A. Solis . Miguel Jr. Tarango . Guillermo Tovar . Robert Valencia

Company E, 141st Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. The only WWII US Army Infantry Unit that enlisted Mexican American soldiers. Company E began in 1941 when Mexican American National Guardsmen from El Paso, Texas were joined by Mexican Americans from other parts of Texas. Many of El Paso's sons served fighting against tyranny and oppression, notably in the Battle for Monte Cassino, Italy on January 22, 1944. During the treacherous crossing of the Rapido River, many soldiers from Company E were killed, wounded, or captured. They are all gone now, but their sacrifice and bravery live in our hearts forever. We reserve this place for reflection, remembrance and gratitude to the soldiers of Company E.

Rodolph G. Acosta • Rafael G. Aguilar • Protacio Alaniz • Guillermo A. Alvarado • Roberto Barajas • Carlos C. Barrios • Pablo P. Bernal • Harvey W. Bransford • Joe Briones • Lawrence B. Burns • Carlos C. Campos • Noe Canales • James T. Canedo Jr. • Miguel Cano • Raul Caracena • Abner Carrasco • Jesus Carrasco Jr. • Eduardo Carreon • Alejandro B. Carrillo • Tirso F. Carrillo Ruben Castillo • Louis

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G. Cerda • John L. Chapin • Pablo Charles • Luis Cloud • Theodore Contreras • Ernesto L. Cortazar • Ramon G. Cortez • Albert J. Cruz • Jose M. Cuellar • Jesse Daly • Julio De Hoyos • Cristobal De La Garza • Guillermo L. De Leon • Pascual De Leon • Frank Dominguez • Jesus S. Escobedo • Margil G. Espinoza • Albert M. Esquibel • Eulalio E. Estrada • Francisco C. Felan • Alfredo Flores • Frank R. Flores • Ignacio B. Flores • Juan N. Flores • Pedro A. Flores • Francisco Flores Jr. • Sixto Frausto • Enrique V Fuentez • Domingo Garcia • Demencio Garcia • Jesus R. Garcia • Juan J. Garcia • Miguel S. Garcia Louis G. Garivay • Antonio B. Garza • Gilberto Garza • Bernardo M. Gonzalez • Carlos Gonzalez • Julio R. Gonzalez • Librado A. Gonzalez • Manuel C. Gonzalez • Navor G. Gonzalez • Pablo Gonzalez • Pedro Gonzalez • Raul Gonzalez • Roque M.R. Gonzalez • Mike N. Gonzalez Jr. • Paul G. Gutierrez • Ramon G. Gutierrez • Ricardo Gutierrez • Manuel Guzman • Enrique Hastings • Ascencion R. Hernandez • Cruz Hernandez • Jose C. Hernandez • Jose Hernandez • Manuel Hernandez • Earl A. Higginbotham

Treacherous Crossing Marker - left side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, June 14, 2024

2. Treacherous Crossing Marker - left side

• Antonio De Hoyos • James M. Humpries • Carlos Irrobali • Santiago V Jaramillo • Herbert C. Jiménez • Simon C. Jimenez • Eleuterio Juarez • Alfredo H. Leal • Manuel V. Limantur • Jesus V. Lopez • Alfredo Lozano • Jesus M. Lucio • Sidney E. Lurie • Lorenzo Maclas • Francisco G. Madrid • Manuel I. Madrid • Manuel E. Reza • Armando M. Martinez • Guadalupe Martinez • Miguel Martinez • Rodolfo L. Martinez • Jesus L. Medina • Miguel S. Melendez • John E. Miller • Alfonso Mojica • Reynaldo Molina • Apolonio R. Moncada • Robert P. Moncada • Roberto Montes • Jose F. Montoya • Adam Morales • Guadalupe C. Munoz • Gabriel L. Navarrete • Jesus J. Nieto • Enrique Ochotorena • Joe Olivas • Jose Ortega • Juan R. Padilla • Ricardo Palacios Jr. • Leonaldo Perez • Procopio Perez • Trinidad Perez • Angel Ponce • Jose Ponce • Antonio Provencio • Jose G. Qulroz • Armando Ramirez • Paul Ramirez • Gumercindo Ramos • Paul Rey Jr. • Apolonio Reyes • Reynaldo Reyna • Pedro Riojas • Manuel R. Rivera • Alfredo Robles • Charles G. Roclo • Ismael Rodriguez • Rafael Rodriguez • Ruben O. Rodriguez • Trinidad

Treacherous Crossing Marker - back side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, June 14, 2024

3. Treacherous Crossing Marker - back side

Rodriguez • Joe D. Roman • Eduardo Romo • Jesus D. Rosales • Jose A. Rosales • Ignacio Rosemond • Alfredo P Ruiz • Gabriel M. Salazar • Pablo Y. Saldana • Reyes C. Sanchez • Lorenzo G. Santlesteban • Salomon Santos • Andres D. Saucedo • Antonio D. Saucedo Juan D. Saucedo • Roque O. Segura • Dolores L. Segura Jr. • Ernesto G. Sendejo • Jose Silvas • Celestino Solis • Pedro T. Soto • Masimano A. Talamantes • Flavio R. Torres • Rafael Q. Torres • Ramon Torres • Rudolph M. Travino • Marcelino Valadez • Ellas Valdez • Leonardo B Vasquez • Pete B. Valenzuela • Joaquin Venegas • Daniel R. Villanueva • Domingo Villareal • Juan F. Yanez • Thomas G. Zapata • Ernesto Alonso • Carlos Blanco • Alberto Z. Caballero • Antonio Camacho • Manuel Cano • Rogelio Carbajal • Alfredo Carrasco • Jose Carreon • Eloiso H. De Avila • Raoui C. Dlaz • Ignacio Flores • J. Roy Garcia • Luis Garabay • Joel Gonzalez • Jesus Gavaldon • Grayson De Walt Gwyn • Edward N. Harris • Harley Dale Hughes • Alfonso Hernandez • Carlos Irroball • Herbert Kahl • Rodolfo Loya • Lorenzo M. Luna • Ulysses Mendez • Martin Mendivil

Top view of monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, June 14, 2024

4. Top view of monument

• Jesse Mora • Mario Mora • Oscar Morales • Edmundo Moreno • Manuel Moreno • Guadalupe Moreno • Manuel Ornelas • Ernesto M. Payan • Juan Pruitt • Benjamin R. Quiroz • Alfredo Reyes • Manuel Reza • Alejandro Rivas • Oscar H. Rodriguez • Jesus Romo • Rafael Ruiz • Jose Saenz • Adalberto G. Saldaña • Luis T. Sanchez • Pablo Segura • A. Solis • Miguel Jr. Tarango • Guillermo Tovar • Robert Valencia

Erected 2022 by Julio Sánchez De Alba, City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department Public Art Program and Community en Acción.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Hispanic Americans • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is January 22, 1944.

Location. 31° 45.584′ N, 106° 29.499′ W. Memorial is in El Paso, Texas, in El Paso County. It is in Downtown El Paso. It is at the intersection of North Santa Fe Street and East Franklin Ave, on the left when traveling south on North Santa Fe Street. The monument is located in Cleveland Square Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 510 N Santa Fe St, El Paso TX 79901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

The view of the Treacherous Crossing Marker from the sidewalk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, June 14, 2024

5. The view of the Treacherous Crossing Marker from the sidewalk

this memorial is in Texas’ Trans-Pecos & Big Bend Region.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Cavalryman Statue (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Encounter Between President William H. Taft and President Porfirio Díaz (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bataan Memorial Trainway (approx. 0.2 miles away); San Jacinto Plaza (approx. 0.2 miles away); El Camino Real (approx. 0.2 miles away); El Paso (approx. 0.2 miles away); Historic Sidewalk Clock (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fray García de San Francisco (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in El Paso.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 766 times since then and 103 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 7, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.