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HAROLD BROWN FLYNN
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 17, 1948 – August 9, 1971
Service recordHarold Brown Flynn, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 9, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 126
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ship's Serviceman (SH)
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 126
- WILLIE ROGERS WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · August 7, 1971
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · August 8, 1971
- THOMAS MAURICE HANKINSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1971
- ARNOLD LOVINSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
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.