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JUAN FLORES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1947 – March 5, 1968
Service recordJuan Flores JR, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 5
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
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 5
- DEAN LAVERNE DALBERGPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- PABLO DURANPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
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.