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WESLEY ELMER FLANIGAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1932 – February 23, 1969
Service recordWesley Elmer Flanigan, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Supply Operations Officer (Iii) (3010)
- Born
- March 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 97
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RANDOLPH EUBANKSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH GARRITY JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1969
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.