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HENRY COAKLEY FLIPPEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 26, 1931 – May 23, 1968
Service recordHenry Coakley Flippen, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 9
- ROBERT ALTON FINKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE GILLISPIEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT ESPINOZA GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.