

Mon, Jan 27
|Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Internment of LTC (R) Rita Andrea Morales
Please join us in honoring LTC (R) Rita Andrea Morales, the spouse of MSG (R) Edgar Morales
Time & Location
Jan 27, 2025, 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA
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About the event
Rita Andrea Morales, went to be with our Lord on December 27, 2024, at the age of 85. She was born on October 10, 1939, in Lewiston, Maine to parents Roger and Jeanne (Gagnon) LeBel.
She graduated from Litchfield Academy, Litchfield, Maine in 1957 and completed Nursing School at St. Mary’s General Hospital, Lewiston, Maine in 1960. She proudly served her country in the United States Army Nurse Corps. When she left for Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas on January 4, 1961, where she received her commission as a Second Lieutenant. She completed 20 years of military service and was retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Military Decorations included the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the National Defense Service Medal.
Rita married the love of her life Edgar Morales on July 28, 1979, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.…