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==Biography==
==Biography==
When the ''Pillar of Autumn'' fled the [[Battle of Reach]] and found itself at [[Installation 04]], Valdez persisted in his duties tending the wounded and dead even as the [[Covenant]] began to board the ship. As the fight progressed he, together with the remaining ODSTs, sought to defend the engine room where his medical skills were used to treat [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] for a [[plasma]] burn on her arm.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], pages 33/32</ref>
When the ''Pillar of Autumn'' fled during the [[Battle of Reach]] and found itself at [[Installation 04]], Valdez persisted in his duties tending the wounded and dead even as the [[Covenant]] began to board the ship. As the fight progressed he, together with the remaining ODSTs, sought to defend the engine room where his medical skills were used to treat [[First Lieutenant]] [[Melissa McKay]] for a [[plasma]] burn on her arm <ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 32-33</ref>.


Valdez' fate is unknown as is whether he died aboard ship or evacuated to the surface of the installation to be later killed along the way.
Valdez' fate is unknown as is whether he died aboard ship or evacuated to the surface of the installation.
 
==Trivia==
*Because medics in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] are Navy Corpsmen, not technically Marines, Valdez may have in fact been a Petty Officer. If true, then being the senior Corpsman in his [[platoon]], he might have been a [[Petty Officer Second Class]], the equivalent of a [[sergeant]].
 
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Revision as of 11:43, December 24, 2008

Template:Ratings Template:Human Character Infobox Petty Officer Second Class "Doc" Valdez was a Junior Non-commissioned Officer in the UNSC Navy. He was assigned to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn and it's contigent of Marine Shock Troops as a Corpsman.

Biography

When the Pillar of Autumn fled during the Battle of Reach and found itself at Installation 04, Valdez persisted in his duties tending the wounded and dead even as the Covenant began to board the ship. As the fight progressed he, together with the remaining ODSTs, sought to defend the engine room where his medical skills were used to treat First Lieutenant Melissa McKay for a plasma burn on her arm [1].

Valdez' fate is unknown as is whether he died aboard ship or evacuated to the surface of the installation.

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: The Flood, page 32-33