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KEVIN GREGORY FLAHERTY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1945 – November 4, 1967
Service recordKevin Gregory Flaherty, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Portable Bridge Unit Commander (1342)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 19
- ALEXANDER COOPERStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- RICHARD EARL CREASONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- LEROY ANTHONY HAYESSergeant First Class · November 4, 1967
- DAVID MACK HERENDONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JEROME BRITTCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 20
- CLYDE WALTER KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 20
- JERRY LEE WIGGINSCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 23
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
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.