Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Ira C. Welborn a Mico, Mississippi. Ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Sojojin Amurka a matsayin memba na aji na 1898. Bayan 'yan makonni bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin, an sanya shi a matsayin laftanan na biyu ga 9th Infantry Regiment, don yin aiki a cikin Yakin Spain-Amurka. An ba shi lambar girmamawa don ayyukansa a
Yaƙin San Juan Hill, kusa da Santiago, Cuba, a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1898, wanda ya karɓa a ranar 21 ga Yuni, 1899.