Roy P. Benavidez was born in Lindenau near Cuero, Texas, in DeWitt County. He is a descendant of the founders of Benavides, Texas, and was the son of a Mexican farmer, Salvador Benavidez, Jr. and a Yaqui mother, Teresa Perez.

Sep 23, 2019 · Born in 1935 in the rural Texas town of Lindenau, he was the child of a Mexican-American farmer father and a mother who was a Yaqui Native American. Tragically, his father died from tuberculosis when Benavidez was three years old; five years later, the same ghastly sickness struck down his mother.

Jul 20, 2022 · Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was a Green Beret in the U.S. Army when he earned the Medal of Honor for his heroism in a 1968 rescue mission.

Sep 21, 2018 · The courage Benavidez showed in overcoming that injury would have been enough to label the El Campo, Texas, native an American hero. But it was his actions on May 2, 1968, that separated him...

Nov 23, 2015 · Master Sergeant (then Staff Sergeant) Roy P. Benavidez United States Army, who distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions on 2 May 1968 while assigned to Detachment B56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st …

Sep 19, 2019 · Roy Benavidez was one of those heroes. Known as the “six hours of hell” in South Vietnam in May 1968, then-SSgt. Benavidez, armed with only a knife, rode a helicopter straight into harm’s way to help surrounded American Special Forces who were radioing for help.

Jul 20, 2012 · This is the story of Green Beret Roy P. Benavidez and his heroic action in Vietnam that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. He is an American Indian Warrior of Yaqui and Hispanic heritage.

If the Army had created a personification of the Warrior Ethos, it would have been Roy P.Benavidez. Benavidez personified mental and physical toughness throughout his life, and he epitomized the Warrior Ethos on May 2, 1968, near Loc Ninh, Cambodia, where he earned the Medal of Honor.

May 19, 2024 · The dramatic life of Vietnam War hero Roy Benavidez, a Mexican American Green Beret from a working-class family with deep roots in Texas, revealing how Hispanic Americans have long shaped US history

May 15, 2023 · Listen to the remarkable story of Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez, a United States Army Green Beret who displayed exceptional bravery during the Vietnam War. Despite being grievously injured, Benavidez orchestrated and executed a daring rescue mission, saving the lives of several of his fellow soldiers.