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DANIEL THOMAS FLOWERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1947 – October 28, 1966
Service recordDaniel Thomas Flowers, of Center Moriches, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Center Moriches, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 122
- OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- RICHARD RAY HENLINGLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
- WILLIS ARNOLD KARICKHOFFAirman First Class · October 28, 1966
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.