NEWS Staff Report HARLINGEN – Command Sergeant Major Ruben Vela will be posthumously honored Saturday, Sept. 6, at a special ceremony here. The event will be held at 2 p.m. inside the Col. Philip J. Yeckel Memorial Auditorium at the Marine Military Academy, located at 320 Iwo Jima Blvd. in Harlingen. Scheduled at the event …
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Sep 02 2014
Family remembers highest-ranking Sergeant Major from San Benito
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com While Command Sergeant Major Ruben Vela is being laid to rest at Rio Grande Valley State Veteran Cemetery, his friends, family and fellow U.S. Military personnel are taking the time to remember the high-ranking serviceman. “I’m a proud son,” says Emilio Vela of his father, a San Benito native. “It’s …
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