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JOSE LUIS FLORES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – August 12, 1969
Service recordJose Luis Flores, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 12
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- DALE ERVIN FRUHLINGCorporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 16
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 19
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 21
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 25
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 26
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.