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DAVID FLORES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1944 – March 20, 1966
Service recordDavid Flores, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 24
- WILLIAM EUGENE CANNONCorporal · March 20, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- DENNIS DEAN FERGUSONCaptain · March 20, 1966
- THEODORE LAUER FISCHERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE LOUIS MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 25
- CLIFFORD ABDUL MCKENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 26
- HUBERT RAY SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 26
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.