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HOWARD L FLAMENT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – November 5, 1969
Service recordHoward L Flament, of Wadsworth, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 34
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Heavy Equipment Repairman (63K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 34
- DRANNON RAY GORDONFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- EUGENE RAY JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL LEFEVERMajor · November 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEN ALLEN MCCARTNEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 33
- RICHARD L MOOREHEADSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 35
- CHARLES ALBERT POSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 35
- WILLIAM THOMAS QUILLINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 35
- GEROULD MCLEAN RUMBLE IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 35
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.