Cano, Pedro

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Name
Cano, Pedro Gender: M
Pedro Cano Gonzalez
born on 19 June 1920 at 04:00 (= 04:00 AM )
Place General Terán, Mexico, 25n16, 99w41
Timezone LMT m99w41 (is local mean time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_gemcol.18.gif 27°49' s_mo.18.gif s_leocol.18.gif 08°24 Asc.s_gemcol.18.gif 09°58'



Portrait of Pedro Cano 
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Pedro Cano
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Biography

Mexican-American World War II veteran who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat near Schevenhütte, Germany in December 1944.

Cano moved to the United States into the small community of Edinburg, Texas when he was 2 months old. There he served as a farm laborer until he volunteered to serve in the Army during World War II. As a private, he was deployed to the European theater to serve with the 4th Infantry Division where he engaged in battles both in France and in Germany. He exhibited extraordinary courage and valor in battle and later sustained injuries that left him permanently disabled. He returned to South Texas to join his wife and children and resumed his work as a farm laborer.

Private Cano received two Bronze Star medals, a Purple Heart, and a Distinguished Service Cross. On 18 March 2014, the Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded to the Medal of Honor.

After repeated requests during wartime to become a U.S. citizen and being ignored by his commanding officer due to other pressing matters, Cano finally achieved his longest-lasting ambition, to become an American citizen, in May 1946. He died six years later on 24 June 1952 at the age of 32 in a tragic automobile accident.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Death by Accident 24 June 1952 (Automobile accident, age 32)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Nuevo León state archives, copy on file.

Categories

  • Traits : Personality : Courageous
  • Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)
  • Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Immigrant)
  • Personal : Death : Accidental (Automobile accident)
  • Vocation : Military : Combat
  • Vocation : Military : Honors (Medal of Honor)
  • Vocation : Military : Military service (Army, WWII)
  • Vocation : Military : Wounded (Permanently disabled)