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RICHARD T FLATTERY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1945 – May 20, 1968
Service recordRichard T Flattery JR, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE DUNNSpecialist Five · May 20, 1968
- JOE EVANSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GILLARDSergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADERPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 3
- CLARENCE RAY WARRICKCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 3
- ROGER FRANCIS JORDANSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 5
- PAUL ANGELO PARAMATTOSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 5
- GARY KEVE MORRISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 6
- TOMMIE ALLEN ROLFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 64E, Line 8
- LARRY KENNETH BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 9
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 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.