Jose F. Jimenez

Jose F. Jimenez

Infobox Military Person
name= Jose Francisco Jimenez
born= Birth date|1946|3|20
died= Death date and age|1969|8|28|1946|3|20
placeofbirth= Mexico City, Mexico
placeofdeath= Killed in action in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam
placeofburial=


caption= Jose F. Jimenez, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch=United States Marine Corps
serviceyears= 1968-1969
rank= Lance Corporal
commands=
unit= 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
battles= Vietnam War
awards= Medal of Honor Purple Heart
laterwork=

Jose Francisco Jimenez (March 20, 1946 – August 28, 1969) was a United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam in August 1969.

Biography

Jose Jimenez was born on March 20, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico. He attended Benito Juarez School and Jose Maria Morelos School in Morelia. He graduated from Red Rock Elementary School, Red Rock, Arizona, in June 1964, and from Santa Cruz Valley Union High School, Eloy, Arizona, in June 1968.cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003
]

Enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona on June 7, 1968, he was discharged to enlist in the regular Marine Corps, August 12, 1968.cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003
]

Private Jimenez completed recruit training with the 1st Recruit Training Battalion at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, in October 1968. He was promoted to private first class on October 1, 1968.cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003
]

Transferred to the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, he underwent individual combat training with Company G, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment and with the Rifle Training Company of the 2nd Infantry Training Regiment, completing the latter in December 1968.cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003
]

Ordered to the Republic of Vietnam in February 1969, he was assigned duty as a guide and fire team leader with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was promoted to lance corporal on June 16, 1969.cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003
]

While participating in action against the enemy south of Da Nang, Quang Nam Province on August 28, 1969, he was killed in action.cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003
]

Awards and decorations

Lance Corporal Jiminez's medals include:

*

*

* National Defense Service Medal

* (with two bronze stars)

* (with Palm)

*

Medal of Honor citation

The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to
LANCE CORPORAL JOSE F. JIMENEZ UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Fire Team Leader with Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division in operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 28 August 1969. On that date Lance Corporal Jimenez' unit came under heavy attack by North Vietnamese Army soldiers concealed in well-camouflaged emplacements. Lance Corporal Jimenez reacted by seizing the initiative and plunging forward toward the enemy positions. He personally destroyed several enemy personnel and silenced an antiaircraft weapon. Shouting encouragement to his companions, Lance Corporal Jimenez continued his aggressive forward movement. He slowly maneuvered to within ten feet of hostile soldiers who were firing automatic weapons from a trench and, in the face of vicious enemy fire, destroyed the position. Although he was by now the target of concentrated fire from hostile gunners intent upon halting his assault, Lance Corporal Jimenez continued to press forward. As he moved to attack another enemy soldier, he was mortally wounded. Lance Corporal Jimenez' indomitable courage, aggressive fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.cite web
accessdate=2007-11-10
url=http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa4005fa7d6?OpenDocument
title=Medal of Honor — LCpl Jose F. Jimenez (Medal of Honor citation)
work=Medal of Honor, 1969, 3/7/1, Vietnam
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
archivedate=2006-06-13
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070305080549/http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa4005fa7d6?OpenDocument
]

/S/RICHARD M. NIXON

In Memory

Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez has his name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("The Wall") on Panel 18W Line 002.cite web
title=Jose Jimenez, LCPL, Marine Corps
url=http://www.virtualwall.org/dj/JimenezJF01a.htm
work=The Virtual Wall
accessdate=2006-06-16
]

Notes

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War
*List of Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients

References

:Marine Corps
*cite web
accessdate=2007-06-16
url = http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Jimenez_JF.htm
title = Lance Corporal Jose Francisco Jimenez, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
work = Who's who in Marine Corps history
publisher = History Division, United States Marine Corps
date = September 18, 2003

*cite web
accessdate=2007-11-10
url=http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa4005fa7d6?OpenDocument
title=Medal of Honor — LCpl Jose F. Jimenez (Medal of Honor citation)
work=Medal of Honor, 1969, 3/7/1, Vietnam
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
archivedate=2006-06-13
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070305080549/http://www.usmc.mil/moh.nsf/000003c919889c0385255f980058f5b6/000003c919889c0385255fa4005fa7d6?OpenDocument

*findagrave|7839741. Retrieved on 2007-11-10

External links

*cite web
accessdate=2007-11-10
url=http://www.29palms.usmc.mil/fmf/7thmar/MOH2.HTM
title=Medals of Honor (7th Marines)
publisher=Twentynine Palms, United States Marine Corps
archivedate=2007-07-05
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070705064050/http://www.29palms.usmc.mil/fmf/7thmar/MOH2.HTM

Persondata
NAME= Jimenez, Jose F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= March 20, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH= Mexico City, Mexico
DATE OF DEATH= August 28, 1969
PLACE OF DEATH= Killed in action in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam


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