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DOUGLAS FLORES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1930 – July 5, 1966
Service recordDouglas Flores, of Kaunakakai, Hawaii, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1930
- Home of record
- Kaunakakai, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 132
- THEODORE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- MICHAEL MERLE BLANTONLance Corporal · July 5, 1966
- JAMES GARLAND BROWNLance Corporal · July 5, 1966
From Kaunakakai
- WILLIAM FRANK STORCH JRSergeant First Class · March 28, 1967
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.