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PAUL JAMES FLAHERTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – January 7, 1969
Service recordPaul James Flaherty, of Gloucester City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Gloucester City, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 47
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 47
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 48
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 48
From Gloucester City
- WAYNE ALBERT COLANTUONOSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH BATESCorporal · July 31, 1969
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.