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CHARLE CORDOVA FLORES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – May 9, 1968
Service recordCharle Cordova Flores, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 21
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 21
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOY TRINT FRENCHPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 15
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- JAMES VINCENT ANTOLINISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 19
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- JOSEPH GREENESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- BARRY WAYNE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- SAMUEL SWANN LINVILLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- MICHAEL LANG MITCHELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 28
- CHARLES RICHAR ROSENBUSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 31
- GARRETT TIMOTHY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 32
- RALPH SANCHEZ JRPrivate · Panel 57E, Line 32
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PROTZCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 34
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 1
- EDWARD TYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWESergeant · July 7, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.