friends family and marines attend mass at the simon and jude cathedral in phoenix for the internment of 1969 congressional medal of honor recipient us marine corps lance cpl jose francisco jimenez on jan 17 2017 jimenez originally a native of mexico moved with his family to red rock ariz when he was 10 years old jimenez went on to the join the marine corps after graduating high school in 1968 before later being shipped to the republic of vietnam in february of 1969 in august of 1969 jimenez was killed in action upon posthumously receiving the medal of honor for his courageous a mtrcck.jpg from kinari jiménez View Photo