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JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1944 – December 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Patrick Flood JR, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1967, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 67
- CLAUDE JOSEPH STEINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- DAVID ARLINGTON TANNERSergeant · December 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERONIMO ALVARADO-RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 68
From Newton
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
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.