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JERRY FLORES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 6, 1950 – March 6, 1971
Service recordJerry Flores, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 27
- STEPHEN WALTER BURGDORFERSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- HORACE LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- JAMES RUSSELL HICKSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1971
- JOHNNIE LEE PRYEARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE LEE PRYEARPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 27
From Las Vegas
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL RANDALL EARLChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 27, 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.