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'''Sergeant First Class Agustin Ramos Calero''' ([[June 2]], [[1919]]-[[February 10]], [[1989]]), born in [[Isabela, Puerto Rico]], was awarded 22 decorations and medals from the U.S. Army for his actions during [[World War II]], thus becoming the second most decorated soldier (the most decorated U.S. soldier was [[Audie Murphy]]) in the [[Military of the United States|United States military]] during that war.<ref>[http://www.prsoldier.com/17-aug2005.pdf Who was Agustín Ramos Calero?], ''The Puerto Rican Soldier'', [[August 17]], [[2005]]. PDF format. Retrieved [[November 19]], [[2006]]. </ref>
'''Sergeant First Class Agustin Ramos Calero''' ([[June 2]], [[1919]]-[[February 10]], [[1989]]), born in [[Isabela, Puerto Rico]], was awarded 22 decorations and medals from the U.S. Army for his actions during [[World War II]], thus becoming the most decorated Puerto Rican soldier from the island and second most decorated Puerto Rican soldier soldier in the [[Military of the United States|United States military]] during that war.<ref>[http://www.prsoldier.com/17-aug2005.pdf Who was Agustín Ramos Calero?], ''The Puerto Rican Soldier'', [[August 17]], [[2005]]. PDF format. Retrieved [[November 19]], [[2006]]. </ref>


==Biography and service==
==Biography and service==
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Calero served in the Army for a total of 21 years. He retired in 1962 with the rank of [[Sergeant First Class]]. At the end of his years, Calero suffered from terminal [[cancer]]. Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero died on [[February 10]], [[1989]] at 69 years of age and was buried with full military honors in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]]. His hometown, Isabela, has honored his memory by naming an avenue after him.
Calero served in the Army for a total of 21 years. He retired in 1962 with the rank of [[Sergeant First Class]]. At the end of his years, Calero suffered from terminal [[cancer]]. Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero died on [[February 10]], [[1989]] at 69 years of age and was buried with full military honors in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]]. His hometown, Isabela, has honored his memory by naming an avenue after him.


'''Correction'''

This information is incorrect, SFC calero was not the second most decorated soldier during WWII.There are other soldiers with more decorations than him, hundreds of soldiers received the Medal of Honor or the Distiguished Service Cross.Therefore he can not be the most decorated soldier of WWII. The mos decorated soldiers were Audie Murphy and LTC Matt Hull.
==Military awards and decorations==
==Military awards and decorations==


Revision as of 20:55, 17 May 2007

Agustin Ramos Calero
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Sgt. Agustin Ramos Calero
Nickname(s)One-Man Army
Service/branchU.S. Army
RankSergeant First Class
Unit65th Infantry Regiment, Third Infantry Division
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War
AwardsSilver Star Medal
Purple Heart Medal (4 times)
French Croix de Guerre

Sergeant First Class Agustin Ramos Calero (June 2, 1919-February 10, 1989), born in Isabela, Puerto Rico, was awarded 22 decorations and medals from the U.S. Army for his actions during World War II, thus becoming the most decorated Puerto Rican soldier from the island and second most decorated Puerto Rican soldier soldier in the United States military during that war.[1]

Biography and service

Calero was born and raised in the town of Isabela, which is located in the northern region of Puerto Rico. The economic situation in Puerto Rico during the 1930s was difficult as a result of the Great Depression. Due to the shortage of jobs in the island, many Puerto Ricans joined the United States Army which offered a guaranteed income.

In 1941, Calero joined the Army and was assigned to Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment at Camp Las Casas in Santurce. There he received his training as a rifleman. Upon the outbreak of World War II, Calero was reassigned to the Third U.S. Infantry Division and sent to Europe. In 1945, Calero's company was in the vicinity of Colmar, France and engaged in combat against a squad of German soldiers in what is known as the Battle of Colmar Pocket. Calero attacked the squad, killing ten of them and capturing 21 shortly before being wounded himself. Following these events, he was nicknamed "One-Man Army" by his comrades. For these actions he was awarded the Silver Star Medal. Calero had been wounded a total of four times in Europe when the war ended. He was awarded a total of 22 decorations and medals for his actions, making him the second soldier with the most military decorations in all of the United States during that conflict.[2]

Calero returned to Puerto Rico and was reassigned once more to the 65th Infantry Regiment. The 65th Infantry departed from Puerto Rico on August 26, 1950, when the United States became involved in the Korean War. They arrived in Pusan, Korea on September 23. In Korea, Calero was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the regiment. He was the personal assistant to the regimental commander, Brigadier General (then Colonel) William W. Harris.[3]

Calero served in the Army for a total of 21 years. He retired in 1962 with the rank of Sergeant First Class. At the end of his years, Calero suffered from terminal cancer. Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero died on February 10, 1989 at 69 years of age and was buried with full military honors in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. His hometown, Isabela, has honored his memory by naming an avenue after him.

Military awards and decorations

Among Calero's decorations were the following:

Badges:

Notes

  1. ^ Who was Agustín Ramos Calero?, The Puerto Rican Soldier, August 17, 2005. PDF format. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  2. ^ Noemi Figueroa Soulet, The Puerto Rican Soldier, August 17, 2005. PDF format. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  3. ^ Agustin Ramos Calero mystery solved, The Puerto Rican Soldier. Retrieved November 19, 2006.

See also

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