Alamogordo Airborne Monument

Alamogordo Airborne Monument. . , Center Wall , Airborne , The names listed below are those of men who earned the U.S. Army Airborne Wings. They volunteered out of a neighborhood that measures approximately one quarter of a square mile in area. This is believed to be the nation's largest per capita concentration of paratroopers to issue from such a small and sparsely populated area. Officers and enlisted men from this group have fought in every major conflict in which the U.S. Army Airborne has served., Adler, Daniel . Baldonado, Luis . Bell, Robert "Buck" . Chapa, Jimmy . Chapa, Jose . Chaves, Ramon . Coleman, Lavelle . Contreras, Brigido . Contreras, Rodolfo . Duran, Victor . Flores, Julian . Garcia, Leo . Gonzales, Rudy . Guerra, Nicholas III . Gutierrez, Dino . Gutierrez, Edward . Jimenez, Fidel Jr. . Johnson, Ralph . Maese, Leopoldo . Martinez, Edmundo . Martinez, Encarnacion . Martinez, Florentino . Martinez, Salvador . Martinez, Samuel Jr. . Melendez, Timoteo . Misquez, Edward . Monreal, Feliciano . Montgomery, Raymond . Moya, Benjamin . Muñoz, Gilbert Jr. . Nieto, Gilberto . Olivarez, Daniel . Pacheco, Roman . Padilla, Ruben . Pharris, Jerry . Quiñones, Armando Sr. . Quinones, Armando Jr. . Rodrigues, Cristobal . Roman, Victor . Romero, Ruben . Romo, Robert . Salas, Lucio . Salas, Manuel . Sandoval, Andres . Serna, Robert . Silva, Javier . Stogden, Federico Jr. . Torres, Emilio . Torres, Tony . Trujillo, Timothy . Valadez, Roberto . Valenzuela, Miguel . Warren, Albert . Webb, John, Right Wall , From the same one-quarter of a square mile area as the Airborne soldiers, these also served, Eddy Abeyta . Raymond W. Abeyta . Arturo Acuna Jr. . Benjie Acuna . Edward Acuna . Heracleo Acuna . Nathan Adams . Tracy Adams . Gilbert Aguilar . Ricardo Aguilar . Isidro Aldaz . Max Aldaz . Ralph Almengor . Cindy Alone . Glen Alone . Manuel Alonzo Jr. . Antonio Anaya . Gorgonio Anaya . James E. Anderson . Jerry D. Anderson . Richard E. Anderson . Carlos Apodaca . Luis Apodaca . Cristobal Arana . Cruz Arana Jr. . Cruz Arana Sr. . Freddie Arana . Bengie Arenas . Frank Arenas . Lalo Arenas . Vivian Arenas Jr. . Johnny Armenta . Juan Armenta Sr. . Arnuflo Armijo . David Armijo . Hipolito Armijo . Edward Armijo . Gary Aubel . Leo Aubel Jr. . Samuel Aubel . Johnny Avila . Jose Avila . Leonardo Avila Jr. . Leonardo Avila Sr. . Louis Avila . Luis Avila . Rudy Avila . Blas Badial . Herbert R. Baládore . Carlos Balderrama . Cruz Balderrama . Ignacio Balderrama . Jose Balderrama . Juan Balderrama . Lorenzo Balderrama . Winses Balderrama . James Baldonado . Juanita Baldonado . Rosalio Baldonado . Antonio Barela . Basilio Barela . Ignacio Barela . Joe Barela . Jose Barela . Manuel Barela . Roberto Barela . Ruben Barela . Samuel Barela . Tranquilino Barela . Uvaldo Barela . Acruz Barraza . George Barraza . Julio Barraza . Paul Barraza . Rosalio Barraza . Alcario Barros . Bobby Bassford . Clyde Bell . Ramon Beltran . Alfonzo Benitez . David Benitez . Elias Benitez . Naya Benitez . Jose Benitez . Pablo Benitez . Derrick Bickham . Buddy Black . Ray Blake . William Bland . Donald Bolin . Timothy Bond . Abel Borunda . Adolfo Borunda . Albert Borunda . David Borunda . Frank Borunda . Sam Borunda . Jessie Boute . Lewis Branch . Albert Briseno . Margarito Briseno . Martin Briseno . Raymond Briseno . Billy Brown . Sam Bruswelas Jr. . Samuel Brusuelas Sr. . Kenneth Bryant . Cruz Calles . Elias Calles III . Elias Calles Jr. . Rumaldo Camacho . Carlos Candelaria . Nemecio Candelaria . Frank Cano . Jimmy Cano . Alfredo Carabajal . Marcos Carmona . Danny Carrillo . Felix Carillo . Jerry Carrillo . Manuel Carrillo . Myron Carter . Roy Castorena . Rudy Chanez . Arturo Chavez . Dario Chavez . Eugene Chavez . Fernando Chavez . Frank Chavez . Jerry Chavez . Joe Chavez . Johnny Chavez . Julio Chavez . Martin Chavez . Mele Chavez . Michael Chavez . Rafael Chavez . Reynaldo Chavez . Robert Chavez . Ronnie Chavez . Sam Chavez . Ted Chavez . "Buddy" Clark . Edward Clark . Danny Cochran . Ernest Cofield . Varner Coleman . Federico Colmenero . Basilio Contreras . Daniel Contreras . Eusebio Contreras . Jimmy Contreras . Luis Contreras . Santiago Contreras . Tony Contreras . Felix Cordero . Gary Cordero . Gonzalo Cordero . Mauro Cordero . Orlando Cordero . Saul Cordero . James Coulter . Eliseo Covarrubia . Manuel Covarrubia . Candelario Coyazo . Fernando Coyazo . Frank M. Coyazo . Guillermo Coyazo . Joe Coyazo . Johnny Coyazo . Juan Coyazo . Librado Coyazo . Michael R. Coyazo . Oscar Coyazo . Rufas Coyazo Ysidro G. Coyazoysidro . R. Coyazo . Bronson Curry . Charles Curry . George Curry Jr. . King Davis . Junious E. Dawsey . Leroy Dawsey . Ricky Dawsey . Abran Deleon . Belia Juan Delgado . Larry Delgado . Maria R. Delgado . Joe Delgado . A. Delgado . Pedro Delgado . Santiago Delgado . Benny Diaz . Charlie Diaz . Joe Diaz . Leroy Diaz . Santos Diaz . Harold W. Dilsworth . Calvin Dilworth . Michelle Dilworth . Secundino Dimas . Eddie Dominguez . Ramon Dominguez . Don Duquette . Albert Duran . Alvino R. Duran . Antonio G. Duran . Arturo Duran . Charles Duran Jr. . Charles Duran Sr. . Eloy Duran . Gerardo Duran . Joaquin Duran . Jose Duran . Luis Ouran . Manuel Duran Jr. . Octaviano Duran . Paul Duran . Ramon Duran . Robert N. Duran . Rosendo Duran . Rudy Duran . Tony Duran Jr. . Federico Enriquez . Chumita Esquero . Albert Estrada . Braulio Estrada . Gilberto Estrada . Jesus Estrada . Juan Estrada . Pablo Estrada . Paul Estrada . Pete Estrada . Rene Estrada . Robert Estrada . Sumi Valente Estrada . Willie Estrada . Fred Evans . Alberto Flores . Damacio Flores . Fred Flores . Joe Flores . Johnny Flores . Julian Flores . Manuel Flores . Ramon Flores . Ricky Flores . Charles E. Frazier . George M. Frazier . Jessie W. Frazier . Bobby J. Fritz . Ernest Fritz . George Fritz . Lawrence Fritz . Sam Fritz . Monika Fritzgerald . Albert Fuentes . Arthur Fuentes . Carlos Fuentes Jr. . Carlos Fuentes Sr. . Eddie Fuentes . Pete Fuentes . Placido Fuentes Jr. . Richard Fuentes . Rita Fuentes . Seledonio Fuentes . Mawrilio Gallegos . Salomon Gallegos . Tomas Gallegos . Jimmy Gamboa . Alfred J. Garcia . Arthur Garcia . Chris P. Garcia . Damacio Garcia Jr. . David Garcia . Ernest Garcia . Estevan Garcia . Gabriel Garcia . Visidro Garcia Jr. . Juan Garcia Jr. . Lazaro Garcia Jr. . Mike J. Garcia . Ramon C. Garcia . Ruben Garcia . Stephen Garcia . Virgil George . Allen Gilbert . David Gillihan . Santiago Gillihan . Pepe Gomez . Alejo Gonzales . Andres Gonzales . Benito Gonzales . Bobby Gonzales . Danny Gonzales . David Gonzales . Eddie Gonzales . Eddy Gonzales . Elias Gonzales . Ernest Gonzales . Eugene Gonzales . Francisco Gonzales . Frank Gonzales . Gilbert Gonzales . Guillermo Gonzales . Guillermo R. Gonzales . Horacio Gonzales . Jesus Gonzales . Jimmy Gonzales . Joel Gonzales . John Gonzales . Johnny Gonzales . Jose Gonzales . Lazaro Gonzales . Luis Gonzales . Mario B. Gonzales . Mario Gonzales Jr. . Martin B. Gonzales . Miguel Gonzales . Nicolas Gonzales . Pedro Gonzales . Pedro L. Gonzales . Robert Gonzales . Rudy Gonzales . Saul Gonzales . Tony Gonzales . Willie Gonzales . David Graham . Johnny C. Graham . Willie Graham . Benito Granados . Ernesto Granados Sr. . Gilberto Granados . James Granados . Luis Granados . Manuel Granados . John D. Griffith . Benjamin Guerra . Juan Guerra . Nicolas Guerra Jr. . Nicolas Guerra Sr. . Ramon Guerra . Rudy Guerra . Freddie Gutierrez . Henry Gutierrez . Johnny Gutierrez . Johnny Gutierrez Jr. . Johnny Gutierrez Sr. . Luis Gutierrez . Mike Gutierrez . Ricardo Gutierrez . Samuel Gutierrez . Debra K. Hargraves . Floyd Hargraves . Joe Hernandes . Joe S. Hernandes . John Hernandes . Pilar V. Hernandes Jr. . Ruben V. Hernandes . Tony Hernandes . Eliseo Hernandez . Jose Hernandez . Manuel Hernandez . Pete Hernandez . Franklin Herrera . James Herrera . John Herrera . Michael Herrera . Richard Herrera . Tony Herrera . Benny Hill . Bobby Hill . Bobby Hill Jr. . Ernest Hill . Eugene Hill . Gilbert Hill . Jacob Hill . Paul Hill . Ralph Hill . Alan K. Hilliard . Cynthia P. Hilliard . James Hilliard . Rim Hilliard . Lavern Hilliard . Lee Hilliard . Scottie Hilliard . Steve Hilliard . Claude Holguin . Mariano Holguin . Robert Holguin . Donnell Holland . Genaro Jimenez . Agapito Jimenez . Fidel Jimenez Jr. . Lalo Jimenez . Daniel Johnson . Henry Johnson . Lorenzo Johnson . Pete Johnson . Ruth Johnson . Seltica Jones . Eddie Ray Kearney . Larry Lee . Melvin Lee . Leonard Lewis . Steve Leyva . Conrado Lopez . Ernest Lopez . Jesus C. Lopez . Kenneth J. Lopez . Lorenzo Lopez . Manuel Lopez . Marcos P. Lopez . Trinidad Lopez . David W. Loud . Antonio Lucero . Eloy Lucero . Jessie Lucero . Ramon Lucero . Richard Lucero . Robert Lucero . Samuel Lucero . Eddie Luevano . Ignacio Luevano . Jesus Luevano . Pablo Luevano . Robert Luevano . Juan Luna . Tony Luna Jr. . Tony Luna Sr. . Miguel Macias . Rudy Macias . Victor Macias . Alfredo Madrid . Eloy Madrid . Miguel Madrid . Edwardo Maese . Ernesto Maese . Hilario Maese . Leopoldo Maese Sr. . Richard Maese . Samuel Maese . Eduard Maestas . Greg Mallery . Benjamin Malone . Cornelio Malone . Dan Malone . Eduardo Malone . Federico Malone . Fernando Malone . Joe Malone Jr. . Joe Malone Sr. . Louis Malone . Manuel Malone . Santiago Malone . Arturo Marquez . Bobby Marquez . Johnny Marquez . Adrian Martinez . Alberto F. Martinez . Alfonso Martinez . Louis Martinez . Marcial Martinez . Mario Martinez . Martin Martinez . Manuel Martinez . Pablo F. Martinez . Clovis Mattox . Harlee Mattox . Worthy Mattox . Clifford Mcdonald . Angela Mckinny . Eugene Mckinny . David Mcmiller . Fransisco Medina . Juan Medina . Miguel Medina . Mariano Melendrez . Jose Melendrez Jr. . Isidro Mendez . Berry Miles Jr. . Larry Miles . George Mirabal . Jimmy Mirabal . Johnny Mirabal . Lorenzo Mirabal . Pablo Mirabal . Robert Mirabal . Sammy Mirabal . Tony Mirabal . Daniel Misquez . Ruben Misquez . E.B. Mitchell . James Miyagishima . Mike Miyagishima . Robert Miyagishima . Baltazar Moncada . Enrique Moncada . Frank Moncada . Alejandro Monroy . Edward Monroy . Larry Monroy . Rudy Monroy . Florentino Montanez . Ricardo Montez . Salvador Montez . Donald Montgomery . Abran Montoya . Alejo Montoya . Juan Montoya . Manuel Montoya . Severo Montoya . Adrian Morales . John Morris Sr. . Candido Moya . Ezequiel Moya . Manuel Moya . Max Moya . Ahmad Mughni . Almitra Muchni . Alfred Mundz . Gilbert Munoz Sr. . Joe Munoz . Luis Munoz . Alfredo Najera . Angie Najera . Jose M. Najera . Fidel Najera . Gustavo Najera . Joe Najera Jr. . Jose Najera . Juan Najera . Luis Najera . Salvador Najera . Earl Nickelson . Manuel Nora . Benny Noriega . Charles Noriega . Ernesto Noriega . George Noriega . Isabel Noriega . Jimmy Noriega . Marcelino Noriega Jr. . Raymundo Noriega . Santiago Noriega . Saturnino Noriega . Tony Noriega . Alfredo Nunez . Manuel Nunez . Ramon Nunez . Alfredo Ochoa Jr. . Ernesto Ochoa . Manuel Ochoa . Patricio Ochoa . Raul Ochoa . Alfredo Olivarez . Avelino Olivarez . Brigido Olivarez . Jose Olivarez . Manuel Olivarez . Mike Olivarez . Ramon Olivarez . Faustino Ontiveros . Higinio Ontiveros . Manuel Ontiveros . Ramon Ontiveros . Eliseo Orona . Frank Drona . Patrick Orona . Paz Orona . William Orona . Bengie S. Ortega . Daniel Ortega . David Ortega . George Ortega . Ismael Ortega . Johnny Ortega . Juan Ortega . Oscar Ortega . Raul Ortega . Rudy Ortega . Samuel Ortega . Vicente Ortega . Faustino Ortiz . Mariano Ortiz . Jimmy Ostic . Antonio Otero . Florentino Otero . Gabriel Otero . Joe Otero . Lawrence Otero . Orlando Otero . Rudy Padilla . Charlie Parra . Manuel Parra . O'neal Patterson . Ruffer Patterson . Willie Patterson . James Paul . Joe Paul . Alfredo Paz . Frank Paz . Gregorio Paz Jr. . Gregorio Paz Sr. . Simon Paz . Juan Pena . Joe Perea . Jack Pharris Jr. . Michael Pharris . Andres A. Piedra . Carlos J. Piedra . Ramon C. Piedra . Abran Piedra Jr. . Abran Piedra Sr. . Alberto Piedra . James Pippen . Yolanda M. Polen . Louis Porras . Abran Porras Jr. . Frank Porras . Joe Porras . Ramon Porras . Ernest Preciado . Luis Preciado Jr. . Luis Preciado Sr. . Pete Preciado . Reynaldo Preciado . Carlos Prudencio . George Prudencio . Arturo Quinones . Manuel Quintana . Carlos Ramirez . Refugio Ramirez . Angel Ramos . Alfonso Rey . Charlie Rey . Nerman Rey . Tony Rey . Jessie Reynolds . Henry D. Richard . Bryant Roberts . Carel Robinson . Lewis Rodgers . Luta Rodgers . Will Rodgers . Aniceto Rodriguez . Cristobal Rodriguez Jr. . Juan Rodriguez . Tino Rodriguez . Leslie Rogers . Lovie Rogers . Amador Roman . Candido Roman . Cristobal S. Roman . Ignacio C. Roman . Jesus Roman . Julian Roman Jr. . Rene Roman . Ricky Roman . Rodolfo Roman . Johnny Romero . Pedro Romero Jr. . Raul Romero . Federico Romo . Albert Rowland . Jim Rowland . Lee Rowland . Manuel Ruiz . Robert Ruiz Jr. . Robert Aviz Sr. . Bobby Safford . Eduardo Salas . Julio Salas . Valentin Salas . Alberto Salazar . Raul Salazar . Jose R. Salcido . Luis Salcido . Pilo Salcido . Ramon Salcido . Alberto L. Sanchez . Benjamin Sanchez . David Sanchez . Francisco Sanchez . Gary Sanchez . Godfrey Sanchez Jr. . Godfrey Sanchez Sr. . Ismael Sanchez . Mark Sanchez . Raymond Sanchez Jr. . Raymundo C. Sanchez . Valente Sanchez . Andres Sandoval Sr. . Andy Sandoval . Benny Sandoval . Charlie Sandoval . Claudy Sandoval . Jesus Sandoval . Juan Sandoval . Louis Sandoval . Paul Sandoval . Sabino Sandoval . Ignacio Sarmiento Jr. . Juan Sarmiento . Jose Serna . Isabel Sida . Tito Sida . Luis Silva . Onecimo Sisneros . Elija Smith Jr. . Elija Smith Sr. . Wilfred Smith . Lloyd St. John "Buster" Stevens . Johnny Stevens . Federico Stogden Sr. . Henry Stogden . Johnny Stogden . Roberto Stogden Sr. . Ebenezer Taylor . Jerry Taylor . Nanette Taylor . Adolfo Telles . Ernest Telles . Jerry Telles . Luis Telles . Ricky Telles . Sammy Telles . Calvin Thomas . George Thomas . James Thomas . John H. Thomas . William Thomas . Felicía G. Thompkins . Terrick L. Thompkins . Alcario Torres . Alfredo Torres . Antonio Torres . Fernando Torres . Frank Torres . Gorgonio Torres . Johnny Torres . Jose A. Torres . Librado Torres . Pedro Torres . Pedro P. Torres . Reco Torres . Sammy Torres . Serafin Torres . Tony Torres . Willie M. Torres . Lonny Troy . Alfredo Trujillo . Barney Trujillo . Elias Trujillo . Erlindo Trujillo . John B. Trujillo . John H. Trujillo . Michael Trujillo . Armando Valadez . Florentino Valadez . Emilio Valdespino . Frank Valdespino . Juan Valdespino . Musió Valdespino . Robert Valdez . Charley Valenzuela . Michael Valenzuela . Robert Valenzuela . Andres Valle . Arturo Valle . Jose S. Valle . Raymundo Valle . Lucio Vasquez . Lance Vaughns . Carmen Vega . Felix Vega Jr. . Felix Vega Sr. . Ignacio Vega . Meliton Vega . Pedro Vega . Tacho Vega . Froylan Velasco . Juan Velasco . Ricardo Velasco . Andy Vigil . Robert Vigil . Sammy Vigil . Andres Viscarra . Eddy Viscarra . Harry Viscarra . Jesus Viscarra . Salvador Viscarra . Dornald R. Wagnor . Michael L. Wagnor . Connie Wagoner . Jack Wagoner . Lafayette Wagoner . Lindsey Wagoner . Melvin Wagoner . Pete Walters . Victor Walters . Tyrone Washington . Darin Weaver . Bert White . Nora White . Bert Woods . James Woods . Keith A. Woods . Angel Ybarra . Emilio Zamora . Roger Zamora . Joaquin Zuniga, Killed in Action , Ignacio Barela . Billy Brown . Fernando Chavez . Willie Estrada . Esteban Garcia . Hilario Maese . Timoteo Melendez . Luia Rodgers . Roberto Stogden Sr. . Alcario Torres, Died of Wounds Subsequent to Combat Operations , Alcario Barros . Daniel Cochran Sr. . Lazaro Garcia Jr. . Rudy Gonzales . Miguel Medina . Brigido Olivarez . Johnny Stogden . Andy Vigil, Prisoners of War , Rodolfo Guerra . Miguel Medina . Albert Rowland . Ismael Sanchez . Teofilo Sanchez, Left Wall 1st Plaque , POW MIA - You are not forgotten , This plaque is respectfully dedicated to the following men who were prisoners of war, Raymond Abeyta-North Africa . David Borunda-Bataan . Rodolfo Guerra-Korean Conflict . Miguel Medina-Bataan . Albert Rowland-Bataan . Ismael Sanchez-Europe . Teofilo Sanchez-Bataan, Left Wall 2nd Plaque , The three awards categories herein shown are most representative of the military service of the monument veterans in terms of numbers awarded. Parachutist Badges, Combat Infantrymans Badge . Awarded only to infantrymen who were in combat the star denotes combat service in two wars., Purple Heart awarded to those killed or wounded in action, Left Wall 3rd Plaque , This famous shoulder insignia designates the New Mexico National Guard. This U.S. ground combat unit was the first to engage the military forces of the Empire of Japan. A significant number of the officers and enlisted men listed elsewhere in this monument served in this local unit, both prior to and after active duty service., Left Wall 4th Plaque , Alamogordo Airborne Veterans Association, Inc. , Armando Quinones, Sr. - President . Robert O. Serna - Vice-President . Emilio Baldonado - Secretary . Raymond Montgomery - Historian . Salvador Martinez - Chaplain . Rodolfo Contreras - Treasurer . Daniel Olivarez - Sergeant-at-Arms , Alamogordo City Commission , Donald E. Carroll - Mayor . Ron Griggs Mayor - Pro-tem . Ed Cole . Donald L. Cooper . Marion Ledford . Inez Moncada . John Robertson . Pat McCourt - City Manager , Artists Helen S. Quinones . Janet Pino , Planning and Design Edward Balderrama and Armando Quinones, Sr. , General Contractor Centex Construction Co., Monument Patrons Alamogordo-Otero County Centennial Celebration, Inc. . Alamogordo Daily News . Albuquerque Monument Company . Jaime and Mary Helen Anderson . Basin Pipe and Metal . Beaty Construction Company . Centex Construction Company . City of Alamogordo . Ms. Patricia R. Dulany . The Gannett Company . Maurice and Teresa Gutierrez . Hamilton-O'Dell Funeral Home . Angelica Herrera-Lucero . Jobe Concrete Products . Les Fyle Drywall and Plaster . Noel Construction Company . Pavestone Corporation . Armando Quinones, Jr. . Rocky Mountain Stone Company . Ruidoso Paving . Southwestern Electrical Contractors