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ROGER ELLIS FLAHERTY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 17, 1941 – April 6, 1967
Service recordRoger Ellis Flaherty, of Marshfield, Maine, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Maine (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967; seven 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 110
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- RICHARD MONROE DYKESSpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- CHARLES WALKER FORDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
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.