Cemetery in Riverside, California Texas Legislative Medal of Honor GI Joe, Roy P. Benavidez Commemorative Edition – Released August 31, 2001 (First Hispanic to be honored.) Memorial Bench at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Buildings and institutions with Benavidez's name include: Roy P. Benavidez-Robert M. Patterson "All Airborne" Chapter, 82nd Airborne Division Association, El Paso, Texas Roy P. Benavidez American Legion Post #400 in San Antonio, Texas Roy P. Benavidez Army Reserve Center, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas Roy P. Benavidez Artillery Training Area 67 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Roy P. Benavidez City Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School in Gulfton, Houston, Texas Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas Roy P. Benavidez Foundation, Inc. Roy P. Benavidez Military Range at Fort Knox, Kentucky Roy P. Benavidez National Guard Armory in El Campo, Texas Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez Noncommissioned Officer Academy of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Fort Benning, Georgia Roy P. Benavidez Scholarship Fund in El Campo Roy P. Benavidez Special Operations Logistic Complex at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Roy P. Benavidez Recreation Center in Eagle Pass, Texas The conference room owned and operated by the Department of Military Instruction of the United States Military Academy is the "Benavidez Room". Inside the "Benavidez Room" there are signed pictures of MSG Benavidez, the citation from his Medal of Honor, and a G.I. Joe toy created in his likeness. The room is used primarily for planning Cadet Summer Military Training and hosting visitors. The , a U.S. Navy Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship, is named in honor of MSG Benavidez. Roy Benavidez's Medal of Honor is on display at the Ronald Reagan Library along with a video of him receiving the medal from President Reagan. As of November 2020, there are discussions to rename Fort Hood as Fort Benavidez as part of an ongoing movement to rename installations and institutions originally named for Confederate generals. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War List of Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients Notes Footnotes Citations References External links "Roy Benavidez." Texas State Cemetery Elder, Daniel K. "Remarkable Sergeants: Ten Vignettes of Noteworthy NCOs", Center for the Advanced Studies of the US Army Noncommissioned Officer, April 30, 2003. (URL accessed on November 8, 2008). 1935 births 1998 deaths American people of Yaqui descent Burials at Fort Sam Houston