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MONICO FLORES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1947 – November 26, 1968
Service recordMonico Flores JR, of Hacienda Heights, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 65
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Hacienda Heights, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 65
- DARWIN JAMES DELANOSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- CHARLES DENNISPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · November 26, 1968
From Hacienda Heights
- RONALD EDWARD PENELance Corporal · September 20, 1967
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTSCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · May 2, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · May 6, 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.