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GARY FRANCIS FLYNN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1946 – September 13, 1967
Service recordGary Francis Flynn, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 65
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
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Attleboro, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 65
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM PATRICK COLLCaptain · September 13, 1967
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- BRUCE ALAN KERNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
From Attleboro
- JOSEPH ELWIN NIMIROSKICorporal · December 18, 1965
- RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDENCaptain · February 13, 1967
- FRANCIS MURTAUGH DRISCOLLFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · October 5, 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.