Background
Duran was born, July 26, 1948, in Juarez, Mexico.
Duran was born, July 26, 1948, in Juarez, Mexico.
He was the sixth of twelve siblings. Duran joined the United States. Army on May 13, 1968, and was assigned to Company East, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) to support Search and Destroy missions. After leaving the military, Duran pursued a career as a corrections officer at a juvenile detention center in San Bernardino, California, dedicating personal time to mentoring youths and leading them on educational trips.
Duran died on February 17, 1977 and is buried at Olivewood Cemetery, in Riverside, California.
During his service in the Vietnam war, his actions resulted in him being bestowed, posthumously in 2014, with the Duran"s daughter, Tina Duran-Ruvalcaba, received the on his behalf from President Barack Obama in a March 18, 2014 White House ceremony. The following day, she received the flag from Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, in a ceremony where Duran was inducted into the Pentagon Hall of Heroes. The award came through the Defense Authorization Acting which called for a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veterans from World World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the.
