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'''"Doc" Valdez''' was a [[corpsman]] assigned to the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} and its contingent of [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|Marine Shock Troops]].{{Ref/Reuse|TF1}}
 
An [[ODST]] [[Marine]] in the [[UNSC]], '''"Doc" Valdez''' was an enlisted Corpsman with the ODST detachment for the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' in [[2552]].


==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/Reuse|TF1}}
 
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.


==Trivia==
Valdez' fate is unknown as is whether he died aboard the ''Pillar of Autumn'' or evacuated to the surface of the Installation, as he is not mentioned afterward. His death is confirmed when either the captured ''Truth and Reconciliation'' was destroyed or when John-117 destroyed Halo.
*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]].


== Sources ==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]'' {{1st}}


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==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


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Latest revision as of 18:39, December 9, 2023

"Doc" Valdez
Biographical information

Died:

September 22, 2552

Personal details

Species:

Human

Gender:

Male[1]

Political and military information

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

"Doc" Valdez was a corpsman assigned to the UNSC Pillar of Autumn and its contingent of Marine Shock Troops.[1]

Biography[edit]

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 the Pillar of Autumn or evacuated to the surface of the Installation, as he is not mentioned afterward. His death is confirmed when either the captured Truth and Reconciliation was destroyed or when John-117 destroyed Halo.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: The Flood, chapter 1