Rank: Sergeant
Unit: D Company, 1st 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: 3-Dec-1946
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-May-1968
Start of tour: 26-May-1969
Incident date: 12-Aug-1969
Date of casualty: 12-Aug-1969
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Jose Luis Flores was killed while commander of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Tank commander of tank on combat operation. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XU 693 088
Place of interment: Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
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