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SHERMAN EDWARD FLANAGAN JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 8, 1930 – July 21, 1968
Service recordSherman Edward Flanagan JR, of Westminster, Maryland, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 25
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 121 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- April 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Westminster, Maryland (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 25
- DAVID JOHN ECKENRODESecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- SAM JOSEPH FAVATASpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY FOSTERSergeant · July 21, 1968
From Westminster
- CHRISTOPHER J J MILLERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- CARL M EGOLFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- JAMES NORMAN BYERSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · April 13, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN MAGSAMENSergeant · May 9, 1969
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.