The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Flores.

The Wall › Panel 11W › California › Daniel Flores

DANIEL FLORES

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 24, 1947 – April 30, 1970

Service record

Daniel Flores, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 73

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
September 24, 1947
Home of record
San Diego, California (San Diego County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 30, 1970
Age
22
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 11W, Line 73

Same unit, same day

From San Diego

All 181 names from San Diego →

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.