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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gary Bernard Flabbi.

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GARY BERNARD FLABBI

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 7, 1944 – October 23, 1966

Service record

Gary Bernard Flabbi, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11E · Line 100

Position of Panel 11E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
Unit (as recorded)
281 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
Born
September 7, 1944
Home of record
Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 23, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 11E, Line 100

From Baltimore

All 419 names from Baltimore →

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.