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FRANCISCO JOHN FLORES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1945 – May 21, 1967
Service recordFrancisco John Flores, of Parma, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Parma, Idaho (Canyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 73
- TERRY MICHAEL ELSHIRESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH FEEHERYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JOEL CAROL FOWLERCorporal · May 21, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
From Parma
- JAMES EDWARD TOOLEYSpecialist Four · December 19, 1966
- DANNY JOE MAGGARDLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · March 16, 1970
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.