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THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEY
Captain · U.S. Army
October 3, 1938 – December 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Michael Flatley, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 64
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- GEORGE NICHOLAS FANIS JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HUTTON BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 63
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 64
- LARRY JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 65
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.