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DAVID EUGENE FLANINGAM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1945 – July 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Eugene Flaningam, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 6
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- JACK WILLARD FINCHUMLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HARDIEPetty Officer Second Class · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JAMES LUDWIGPrivate · Panel 24E, Line 8
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.