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Valentin Francisco Gavito 'Val' |
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Engagements: • World War II (1941 - 1945) |
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Valentin Francisco Gavito Staff Sergeant, U. S. Army Silver Star SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE PHILIPPINES 1941 TO 1942 WHEN AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL PERONALLY BY GENERAL MACARTHUR WHILE THE GENERAL WAS STILL IN THE PHILIPPINES. Reported in newspaper Brownsville (Tx) Herald 2 April 1942. SERGEANT GAVITO WAS A PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE AND SURVIVED. |
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Texas Exceptional Gallantry |
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