Luis Valls was a 29-year veteran of the Corpus Christi Fire Department, and a World War II veteran, having enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945 at 17, according to his son, John.
Nine brothers served in the military between the years 1957 to 1982; eight of them as U.S. Marines and one joined the U.S. Air Force. They all came together on March 10 to lay one of their own to rest at Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.