Francisco A. MartinezFlores
Rank/Branch: Pfc./Marines
Unit: 1st Marine Division
Age: 21
Date of Birth
Home City of Record: Los Angeles, CA.
Date of Loss: March 28, 2003 -- (maybe 27th)
Country of Loss: Iraq
Loss Coordinates:
Status: MIA/Iraq -- Declared dead May 31, 2003- remains recovered
Category:
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: Tank
Personnel in Incident: Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va., Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Sonoma, Calif., Marine Pfc. Francisco A. MartinezFlores, 21, Los Angeles

Source: Compiled by Last Firebase Veterans Archives Project from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
Date Updated: March 31, 2003

REMARKS: Tank had apparently plunged off a bridge as it was crossing the Euphrates River. It was later found upside down and under water.

March 31, 2003
Missing Twentynine Palms marines confirmed dead
AP__The Pentagon confirms that the three missing marines from the Twentynine Palms Base are dead.
The Pentagon says they were conducting convoy operations near the Euphrates River when they disappeared.
Last night after midnight the three pulled from the river were 20 year old Lance Corporal Patrick O'Day from Sonoma, and 21 year old Private First Class Francisco Martinez Flores from Los Angeles.
The third marine is 31 year old Staff Sergeant Donald May from Richmond, Virginia. All three were based at Twentynine Palms.


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