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JOHN LEROY FLINN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 16, 1942 – July 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Leroy Flinn, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 2, 1969, in Laos, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 16, 1942
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 45
- ALBERT MERK FRANSEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- MELVIN SHOICHI FUJITAStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1969
- HOUSTON GULLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 2, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.