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DANIEL JOSEPH FLYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordDaniel Joseph Flynn, of Kings Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Kings Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 3
- THOMAS WILLIAM DULIKLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE FLASKAMPCorporal · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
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.