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DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – April 1, 1970
Service recordDaniel Leopold Flynn, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 67
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 67
- OTTO JAMES DRAKENCorporal · April 1, 1970
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · April 1, 1970
- JAMES JACOB BYSZEKPrivate First Class · July 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAY WILLIAM KINGSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 69
- ELDON WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 71
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.