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JOHN JOSEPH FLOOD JR
Major · U.S. Army
July 8, 1933 – August 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Flood JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Provost Marshal (9100)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 204 MI DET HQ PROV CO
- Born
- July 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 47
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- CARL RICHARD FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES GILLESPIE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.