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WILLIAM F FLAHERTY III
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – August 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam F Flaherty III, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 40
- DANIEL PATRICK DROSZCZPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- LESLIE MILTON DYSON JRPrivate · August 27, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROGER LEE FRAKERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES C BARBOUR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- JAMES RONALD HARRISSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 41
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.