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MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1945 – November 17, 1967
Service recordMichael Edward Flannery, of Willows, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Willows, California (Glenn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 9
- KARL DIETER HEZELMajor · November 17, 1967
- WALTER DEWAYNE HOGANCorporal · November 17, 1967
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 7
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT JERRY FARLEY SRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 8
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 12
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
From Willows
- ERNEST BEAUEL HANKS IIIPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
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.