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PHILLIP WAYNE FLANNIGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – April 30, 1969
Service recordPhillip Wayne Flannigan, of Hazel Crest, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 83
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 3 BN 18 ARTY I FF
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Hazel Crest, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 3 BN 18 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 83
- ALBERT J DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID ERHARTSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- HOWARD W ERICKSON JRCorporal · April 30, 1969
- FRANCIS ERNEST STEWARTMajor · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WOODROW OSBORNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 86
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.