Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 7-Dec-1948
Hometown: Silverton, Oregon
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 26-May-1970
Start of tour: 28-Oct-1970
Incident date: 17-Apr-1971
Date of casualty: 23-Apr-1971
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Fidencio Flores Jr died as a result of burns received while on a military mission when a hostile force was encountered. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / On reconnaissance in force (RIF) mission, engaged hostile force in firefight at bunker complex while moving to night defensive position (NDP). Admitted to 3d Field Hospital, Saigon, on 17 Apr 1971 at 1830 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list on 18 Apr 1970 at 1200 hrs. / Transferred to Medical Holding Company, United States Army Hospital Camp Zama, Japan.
Five Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SGT Willis Norwood Andrews
SP4 Fidencio Flores Jr
1LT Phillip Lewis Lee
SP5 George James Orr
SP4 Gary Lee Reynolds
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 523 316
Place of interment: Calvary Cemetery, Mount Angel, Oregon, USA
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