Flores, Arnoldo, Sgt

TWS Ribbon Bar

Service Photo

Service Details

Current Service Status
USMC Veteran

Current/Last Rank
Sergeant

Current/Last Primary MOS
8511-Drill Instructor

Previously Held MOS
0300-Basic Infantryman
0331-Machine Gunner

Primary Unit
1967-1969, 8511, 1st Recruit Training Bn (Cadre/Instructors)

Service Years
1965 - 1969

Other Languages

Spanish

Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1973, National Rifle Association (NRA)
	1981, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 1836 (Chairman) (San Antonio, Texas)
	1983, West Coast Drill Instructors Association, SgtMajor Leland D Crawford (Life Associate Member) (California)
	1990, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
	1992, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 1512, Encanto Post (Lemon Grove, California)
	1995, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 2 (Life Member) (Chula Vista, California)

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

Retired, working part time as an independent contractor.

Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Lincoln (I Corps)
From Month/Year January / 1967	To Month/Year January / 1967
Description Jan 4 – 9; 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines search and destroy operation in the Quảng Nam Province.