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FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – April 24, 1969
Service recordFrank Warren Flonnoy JR, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Shaker Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 39
- BILLY CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JESS GAVIASpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- CARL JOHN GREEN JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGANFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1969
From Shaker Heights
- ROBERT ALFRED VINTON JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1968
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · November 13, 1968
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
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.