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EDWARDO FLORES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – March 25, 1969
Service recordEdwardo Flores, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEE MALINSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- GREG WENDELL MILLSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- RENE CLARENCE MISCHEAUXCorporal · March 25, 1969
- CHARLES NATHANIEL MOSSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- GERNOT BENDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 33
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 34
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 40
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 40
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.