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An [[ODST]] [[Marine]] in the [[UNSC]], '''"Doc" Valdez''' was an enlisted medic with the ODST detachment for the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' in [[2552]].
An [[ODST]] [[Marine]] in the [[UNSC]], '''"Doc" Valdez''' was an enlisted medic with the ODST detachment for the ''[[UNSC Pillar of Autumn]]'' in [[2552]].


When the vessel fled [[The Battle of Reach]] and ended up at [[Installation 04]], Valdez tended to the wounded and dead as the [[Covenant]] began to board the ship. He, along with the rest of the ODSTs, defended the engine room, where he treated [[First Lieutenant Melissa McKay]] for a plasma burn on her arm.<ref>[[Halo: The Flood]], pages 33/32</ref>
==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>


''His rank and first name were never given, nor was he ever mentioned again, but we can assume that he "helljumped" to the surface of the installation, helped attack and defend [[Alpha Base]], and was killed somewhere along the way.
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.


Because most medics in the UNSC Marine Corps are Navy Corpsmen, not technically Marines, Valdez may have been a Petty Officer. He was the senior medic in a platoon in McKay's B Company, so he was probably a Petty Officer 2nd or 1st class, the equivalent of a sergeant or staff sergeant.''
==Trivia==
*Because medics in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] were Navy Corpsmen, not technically Marines, Valdez may have in fact been a [[Petty Officer]]. If true, then being the senior medic in his platoon, he would have been a Petty Officer 2nd or 1st class, the equivalent of a sergeant.


== Sources ==
== Sources ==

Revision as of 11:20, November 6, 2007

An ODST Marine in the UNSC, "Doc" Valdez was an enlisted medic with the ODST detachment for the UNSC Pillar of Autumn in 2552.

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.[1]

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

  • Because medics in the UNSC Marine Corps were Navy Corpsmen, not technically Marines, Valdez may have in fact been a Petty Officer. If true, then being the senior medic in his platoon, he would have been a Petty Officer 2nd or 1st class, the equivalent of a sergeant.

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: The Flood, pages 33/32
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