Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame - MAJ Faustino J. Domingo

Born on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on February 16, 1889, Maj. Domingo came to America as a youth upon the loss of his parents. He was educated in Kansas and joined the Kansas Army National Guard in 1906. He served with distinction in the Mexican Campaign during 1916 and later with the 137th Infantry Regiment in Europe during World War I. He was commissioned a second lieutenant during March 1920, completing some 38 years of service to State and Nation prior to his retirement in 1944 while on active duty in World War II. His retirement was caused by respiratory illness brought on due to his exposure to poison gas in Europe in World War I. Maj. Faustino devoted truly outstanding services to the development of marksmanship training in the Kansas National Guard and is recognized as the father of the Kansas National Guard Marksmanship Program. The Topeka newspaper in 1920, in writing about Maj. Faustino, stated, "Faustino J. Domingo, a Philippino by birth and a 100 percent American in action." Maj. Domingo died on January 4, 1961.





			MAJ FAUSTINO J. DOMINGO
	Born on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on February 16, 1889, Maj. Domingo came to America as a youth upon the loss of his parents. He was educated in Kansas and joined the Kansas Army National Guard in 1906. He served with distinction in the Mexican Campaign during 1916 and later with the 137th Infantry Regiment in Europe during World War I. He was commissioned a second lieutenant during March 1920, completing some 38 years of service to State and Nation prior to his retirement in 1944 while on active duty in World War II. His retirement was caused by respiratory illness brought on due to his exposure to poison gas in Europe in World War I. Maj. Faustino devoted truly outstanding services to the development of marksmanship training in the Kansas National Guard and is recognized as the father of the Kansas National Guard Marksmanship Program. The Topeka newspaper in 1920, in writing about Maj. Faustino, stated, "Faustino J. Domingo, a Philippino by birth and a 100 percent American in action." Maj. Domingo died on January 4, 1961.