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Luis John Soria
Luis John Soria - Biography
Mr. Luis John Soria was born in Houston, Texas in 1962 to an ethnically rich and diverse family. His mother, Carlota Moreno Soria, is ...view moreLuis John Soria - Biography
Mr. Luis John Soria was born in Houston, Texas in 1962 to an ethnically rich and diverse family. His mother, Carlota Moreno Soria, is a descendent of the Mayan Indians of Mexico. His father, the late Luis G. Soria, was a pioneer in the early 1950s working in the Dry Walling industry and is half-Spanish and half-Italian.
Mr. Soria’s early childhood took him to live where his father’s work needed him. Places like Anaheim, California; Monterrey, Mexico; and San Antonio, Texas. When Mr. Soria’s parents divorced, he, along with his two younger brothers moved in with his mother’s parents in the small cattle town of Somerset, Texas. There, young “Luigi” is mentored by his Polish and German mixed step-grandfather, Louis John Skoruppa. “Grandpa” is a Germen speaking expert carpenter who loves to tell jokes, deer hunting, and fix cars; they both shared many adventures together. Mr. Soria graduated among 80 fellow classmates from Somerset High School in 1980.
In 1984, Mr. Soria entered the United State Army Aviation Branch and retired in 2004 after an almost paralyzing auto accident. During his military career, Private Soria promoted through to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC, E7). He had many duty stations (in the states) he has called home: Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Virginia, and beloved Oregon. He also had overseas assignments in Germany, Israel, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. SFC Soria is a helicopter mechanic and a Technical Inspector (TI) on the Bell’s OH-58 Kiowa Alpha, Charlie, and Delta combat scout helicopters. He is an accomplished Pathfinder and Aeroscout-Observer with over two thousand flight hours serving as a crew chief on Cobra, Kiowa, Huey, Blackhawk, and Apache helicopters. For his military actions during the 1991 Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield), SFC Soria earned the Meritorious Service Medal and the Bronze Star Medal from the XVIII Airborne Corps.
After the first Gulf War, SFC Soria completed his first civilian college degree at Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas. He also completed his Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Mechanic Certification at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.
After retiring to civilian life in November 2004, Mr. Soria worked for Delta Airlines until October 2011. After the airlines industry, Mr. Soria moved to Lakehills, Texas, where he has returned to college, attending the University of Texas at San Antonio.view less