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JOHN HENRY FLYNN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1947 – March 10, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Flynn, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 52
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 52
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- EDWARD SENIOR HALLSpecialist Four · March 10, 1967
- BYRON DWAYNE HAMLETTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- LEO CLAUDE HESTERLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 53
- CALVIN PERRY WHITESergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 55
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.