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JAMES POTITO FLAGELLA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1946 – May 4, 1969
Service recordJames Potito Flagella, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 110
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa 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 26W, Line 110
- GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELLSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- RAYMOND HERBERT BRODIE JRCorporal · May 4, 1969
- RUSSELL WADE EADSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 110
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 112
- NORMAN LEE PLEMMONSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE THOMASSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 1
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 2
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25W, Line 3
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.