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RAYMOND JOSEPH FLYNN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – December 17, 1970
Service recordRaymond Joseph Flynn JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 127
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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)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 127
- ANDREW CASTRO GUERREROCorporal · December 17, 1970
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · December 17, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSergeant First Class · December 17, 1970
- FERENC JOHN RAMMSergeant · December 17, 1970
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.