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Modesto Cartagena
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<p><a href="/facts/Sergeant_First_Class/woLfhc8I">Sergeant First Class</a> Modesto Cartagena de Jesús (July 21, 1921 – March 2, 2010) was a member of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> who served in the <a href="/facts/65th_Infantry_Regiment/wIFXFHNe">65th Infantry Regiment</a>, a military regiment consisting of Puerto Rican enlisted soldiers and officers from the continental United States also known as "<a href="/facts/The_Borinqueneers/wIFXFHNe">The Borinqueneers</a>," during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> and the <a href="/facts/Korean_War/Qo93pNhE">Korean War</a>, becoming the most decorated Hispanic soldier in that war. He is considered the most decorated Puerto Rican soldier of the Korean War. </p>