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FLORENCIO Q MARQUEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 3, 1949 – October 25, 1969
Service recordFlorencio Q Marquez, of Westmorland, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Westmorland, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 117
- MILBERT WALTER HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 25, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- CARL EVERETT OLDFIELDPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN OLLIKAINENSergeant · October 25, 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.