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JOSE MARIA FLORES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1947 – April 11, 1967
Service recordJose Maria Flores, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 14
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- JOHN HARRISON HAWLEYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- KENNETH EARL JAMESSpecialist Four · April 11, 1967
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.