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JAMES GERALD FLYNN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJames Gerald Flynn, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 32
- DANIEL PATRICK THOMAS JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- SCOTT WILLIAM THORNBURGPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE DENNIS BASSPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 24
- PETER SAMUEL BORSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 25
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 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.