Richard Javier Flores

Corporal
C CO, 5TH BN, 60TH INFANTRY, 9 INF DIV
Army of the United States
15 August 1948 - 10 May 1968
Hanford, California
Panel 58E Line 007

9 INF DIV

60TH INF RGT 		Combat Infantry

Bronze Star (Valor), Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for Richard Javier Flores

26 Aug 2001

To my buddy and comrade, a Hero.

Richard Flores was a childhood friend.
We grew up together from grammar school through High School.

Kenneth C. Gallegos
SP4, 1969-70, Dong Ha
leo@redshift.com

"To live in the hearts we leave behind,
is never to have died."
(Thomas Campbell, circa 1888)

11 Jul 2007

You were my inspiration when I was a kid, and you will always be my BIG brother. I have always wondered what might have been, had you returned. May GOD some day allow me to see you again.

Your brother David

David A. Flores
dflores00@sympatico.ca

A Note from The Virtual Wall

C Company, 5/60th Infantry, lost three men at the "Y" Bridge in Saigon on 10 May 1968:
  • CPT Edmund B. Scarborough, Belle Haven, VA (Dist Svc Cross);
  • CPL Richard J. Flores, Hanford, CA (Bronze Star "V"); and
  • PFC Randolph R. Wilkins, Camden, NJ.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his brother,
David A. Flores
dflores00@sympatico.ca


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 26 Aug 2001
Last updated 07/15/2007