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DEXTER BUSH FLORENCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – October 29, 1972
Service recordDexter Bush Florence, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1972, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Arkadelphia, Arkansas (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 85
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- JAMES EDWARD SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · October 29, 1972
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
From Arkadelphia
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · June 20, 1966
- NATHANIEL CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT DOTSON HUIE JRCaptain · April 19, 1969
- DONALD LEE KINGERYFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1969
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.