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LEON D FLANDERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1942 – June 17, 1966
Service recordLeon D Flanders, of Fairfield, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 117 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Fairfield, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 56
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES EVANSPrivate · June 17, 1966
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- CONNIE MACK GRAVITTECaptain · June 17, 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.