Background
Losoya was born in San Antonio on April 11, 1808, to Ventura Losoya and Concepción de Los Angeles Charlé.
Losoya was born in San Antonio on April 11, 1808, to Ventura Losoya and Concepción de Los Angeles Charlé.
Their old stone house was a former Alamo Indian dwelling. Losoya married Concepción Curbier and they had three children. Losoya was a private in the Mexican Army, serving at the Alamo with the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras under Lieutenant
Colonel
José Francisco Ruiz. During 1830, his company had built Fort Tenoxtitlán on the west bank of the Brazos River, 100 miles (161 km) above San Felipe. Losoya and his family were stationed at the fort until September 1832, whereupon he returned to San Antonio.
Losoya was among the many Mexican soldiers who disliked the centralist policies exercised by Antonio López de Santa Anna. In late 1835, he had deserted the Mexican army and joined Juan Seguín"s company of Tejanos, participating in the siege of Bexar.
While the town was under siege for many months by the Texians, so was their home and many others, as the house to house fighting progressed.
When Santa Anna"s troops retook San Antonio and laid siege to the Alamo in 1836, Losoya and family entered the Alamo for safety. Losoya, Esparza, and 14 of Seguín"s men would remain behind, as Seguín rode from the Alamo to recruit reinforcements. Losoya was killed in the March 6 battle of the Alamo.
A life-size statue of Losoya, sculpted by William Easley, stands across Losoya Street from the Hyatt Regency Hotel on the Paseo del Alamo in San Antonio.
The Adolph Coors Company gifted the sculpture of "an unsung hero of the Alamo" to commemorate the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration. Touching the statue"s right foot is said to bring good fortune.
The Alamo"s west wall was excavated in 1979-1980 and the Losoya home basework was located and photographed thus showing the layout of the family"s two-room residence.