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ROBERT FLORES JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – October 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Flores JR, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Information Systems Operator-Analyst (74B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 65
- MARSHALL FLOYD THOMASSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- WILLIAM F UNCKRICHCaptain · October 10, 1969
- MOSES LOPES ALVESMajor · October 11, 1969
- ELLSWORTH SMITH BRADFORDStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1969
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.