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ROGER JOHN FLYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – December 18, 1969
Service recordRoger John Flynn, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 70
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 70
- JERRY DON GIESECKECorporal · December 18, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT HASSELLCorporal · December 18, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUSMANSpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID NEWMANPrivate First Class · December 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUSMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 70
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.