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BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordBrian Michael Flannery, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 28
- THOMAS ELDON GILLENColonel · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL STEVEN GRYDERCorporal · February 18, 1970
- DAVID LEE HARDINGSergeant · February 18, 1970
- EARL FREDERICK HOFMANNSergeant · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ENGLISH ASH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 25
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- ROGER WESLEY FIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 29
- ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 30
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 31
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.