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JOHN EUGENE FLASKAMP
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Eugene Flaskamp, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 3
- THOMAS WILLIAM DULIKLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH FLYNNPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.