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JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1946 – October 11, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Flickinger, of Concord, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 88
- ALFONZIE CULVERCorporal · October 11, 1967
- HARRY EVERETT DRESHER JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- RANDOLPH DUVALL JRLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- VERNON LYNN HARTMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
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.