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WILLIAM PATRICK FLYNN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – May 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Patrick Flynn, of East Hampton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- East Hampton, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 9
- WETZEL LONNIE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL GREENMajor · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY GRISTLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 6
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 11
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 12
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 16
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 17
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 17
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.