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FRANK OCHOA FLOREZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1945 – October 27, 1965
Service recordFrank Ochoa Florez JR, of Sylvania, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 137 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 137
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Sylvania, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 137
- DANIEL E ALLUMPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROSEStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1965
- ALMA JACK STUMPPPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL E ALLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 137
From Sylvania
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS HERRONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- CARL HARMAN PETERS JRSergeant · March 23, 1969
- ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELDStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 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.