William Flores | |
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Birth name | William Ray Flores |
Nickname(s) | "Billy" Flores |
Born | November 6, 1961[1] Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. |
Died | January 28, 1980 USCGC Blackthorn, Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S. | (aged 18)
Buried | Benbrook Cemetery, Tarrant County, Texas[1] |
Service | United States Coast Guard |
Years of service | 1979-1980 |
Rank | Seaman Apprentice |
Awards | Coast Guard Medal Namesake of USCGC William Flores Texas Legislative Medal of Honor |
William Ray Flores was a seaman apprentice in the United States Coast Guard. SA Flores was posthumously honored for heroic behavior during a 1980 ship collision.[2] In November 2011, the Coast Guard selected Flores as the namesake of the third of its Sentinel class cutters.[3][4]
Twenty-three Coast Guard crewmen died in the accident. Still to come are autopsy results of other crewmen, some of whose bodies are being still recovered from the bay. The body of William R. Flores was found Tuesday.
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