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FIDENCIO FLORES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – April 23, 1971
Service recordFidencio Flores JR, of Silverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Silverton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 4
- WILLIAM EDWARD COLLUMCaptain · April 23, 1971
- EDWARD WALTER CORCORANSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
- JAMES RONALD FIRKUSFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1971
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
From Silverton
- DAVID CHARLES ORFIELDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- GARY RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSONSpecialist Five · October 24, 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.