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KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1941 – May 30, 1966
Service recordKevin Michael Flaherty, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 125
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 125
- ROSS ANDREW BROWNSpecialist Five · May 30, 1966
- FREDERICK CURT BULLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1966
- DELNO BILLY COLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · May 30, 1966
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 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.