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WILLIAM JOHN FLINT
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – September 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Flint, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 18
- FRANKLIN EMMETT ANDERSONChief Petty Officer · September 1, 1968
- DANIEL DEAN BUSSESergeant · September 1, 1968
- BENITO CONTRERAS JRSergeant · September 1, 1968
- KIRBY JON DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RONALD HINSONCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 19
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 19
- JAMES J SHAUGHNESSY JRPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 22
From Lynn
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · May 14, 1968
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.