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MICHAEL FRANK FLYNN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1946 – April 7, 1967
Service recordMichael Frank Flynn, of Leander, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Leander, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 116
- RONALD DAVID ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ROSS ALLEN GASTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE GORRELLPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- MICHAEL M KAUFFMAN IIPetty Officer Second Class · April 7, 1967
From Leander
- WILLIAM YOUNG DUGGANLieutenant Colonel · December 31, 1971
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.