Rafael Conti, Colonel, Spanish Army in 1790, captured eleven enemy ships included in smuggling stolen products. Rafael Celestino Benítez, Rear Admiral, U.S. Joseph (José) B. Aviles Sr., CWO2, U.S. Gilberto José Marxuach, Colonel, U.S. José M. Cabanillas, Rear Admiral, U.S. Virgil R. Miller, Colonel, U.S. Héctor Andrés Negroni, Colonel, U.S. Women's Army Corps very first Hispanic to serve in the U.S.