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FLOR MARRERO-BAEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordFlor Marrero-Baez, of Dorado, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Dorado, Puerto Rico (Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 8
- HENRY ROBERT MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS MINOGUEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 1
From Dorado
- NELSON SANTIAGO-APONTESpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
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.