He was survived by his three children, including retired Sergeant First Class Jose Calugas Jr., eleven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. His wife of 52 years died in 1991. Honors and awards Calugas earned multiple military decorations before he died, including the Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor citation The action for which the award was made took place near Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands, on 16 January 1942. A battery gun position was bombed and shelled by the enemy until 1 gun was put out of commission and all the cannoneers were killed or wounded. Sgt. Calugas, a mess sergeant of another battery, voluntarily and without orders ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the gun position. There he organized a volunteer squad which placed the gun back in commission and fired effectively against the enemy, although the position remained under constant and heavy Japanese artillery fire. Legacy On Mount Samat, there is a relief commemorating the event that lead to the awarding of the Medal of Honor. Within the family housing area of Fort Sam Houston, Texas, a street known as Calugas Circle was dedicated in his honor, with his family present, in 1999. His Medal of Honor was given to the Fort's museum for safekeeping and display by Calugas and his family before his death. In 2006, a 36-unit apartment building, designed for low-income and disabled residents was dedicated as the "Sgt. Jose Calugas, Sr. Apartments" in High Point, Seattle. On Memorial Day in 2009, his memory was honored at the Living War Memorial Park on a memorial that had previously been established there. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II List of Asian American Medal of Honor recipients List of foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients List of Filipino Americans List of Asian Americans List of people from Iloilo References Further reading External links KCTS9 Jose Calugas Pierce County, Washington obituaries 1907 births People from Iloilo 1998 deaths United States Army Medal of Honor recipients United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War II Filipino emigrants to the United States American prisoners of war in World War II Bataan Death March prisoners University of Puget Sound alumni Foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients American military personnel of Filipino descent Boeing people People from Lakewood, Washington World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor World War II prisoners of war