Cavazos, the Army’s First Hispanic Four-Star General, Dies in San Antonio at 88
Style Magazine Newswire | 11/3/2017, 2:04 p.m.
Gen. Richard Cavazos/credit: http://military.wikia.com/
Source: MySanAntonio.com
Gen. Richard Cavazos, the first Hispanic four-star general in the U.S. Army and one of its most highly decorated veterans, died Sunday in San Antonio after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 88. Details were pending but Cavazos will be buried Nov. 14 in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. With a combat record that included the nation’s second-highest medal for valor both in the Korean conflict and Vietnam War, Cavazos blazed a trail for generations of other Hispanic general officers. The three who came after him were Texans — Lt. Gen. Marc Cisneros of Brownsville, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez of Rio Grande City and Maj. Gen. Alfredo Valenzuela, who grew up on San Antonio’s West Side. Friends and comrades who served with Cavazos in Vietnam regarded him as a highly competent tactician who put himself in the crossfire with them.
