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BILLY WAYNE FLYNN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1943 – January 23, 1967
Service recordBilly Wayne Flynn, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 70
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 70
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE KROUSLance Corporal · January 23, 1967
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- DANNY DEAN MCGEELance Corporal · January 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 72
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.