Unfortunately I don't have any photos of Sebastian. Most of what
I know of him has been passed down through stories He was born
in 1916 in New Mexico, possibly around Colonias.
He enlisted in the Marine Corp probably sometime in 1942. My
cousin Isabel says that he was lliving in her mom's home in Albuquerque
at the time but for some reason his records might say he enlisted
in Arizona. My mom told me that Sebastian was at Camp Pendleton
in California and his unit was shipping out. He told his sergeant
that he was going to see his mother in Los Angeles before they
left and they could put him in jail or shoot him if they had to
but he was leaving, The segeant told him to get back first thing
in the morning. He saw his mom and family.
Sebastian was killed on the beaches of Tarawa,
Nov. 20, 1943.