Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ira C. Welborn an haife shi ne 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 yakin San Juan Hill.
, kusa da Santiago, Cuba, a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1898, wanda ya karɓa a ranar 21 ga Yuni, 1899.