Telesforo Trinidad
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 77 years 165 days (929 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Telesforo de la Cruz Trinidad (November 25, 1890 – May 8, 1968) was a Filipino fireman 2nd class in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Mexican waters near La Paz, on board the USS San Diego on 21 January 1915.
He is the second service member, and first and so far only sailor of Asian descent to receive the award in peacetime.
Trinidad served during both World Wars before retiring to the Philippines and living on his pension.On May 20, 2022, Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro announced that a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad.
Related People
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License