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WILLIAM VINCENT FLYNN
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 6, 1949 – September 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Vincent Flynn, of Callahan, Florida, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 117
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Callahan, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 117
- ROBERT EDWARD LAVENDERFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1969
- WALTER VANN LEMMOND IIICaptain · September 20, 1969
- FRANK JAMES MONTEZCorporal · September 20, 1969
- DANIEL NAPIERSKIESpecialist Four · September 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM SIMMERS JRChief Petty Officer · Panel 18W, Line 118
From Callahan
- MICHAEL LAYTEN WILDESWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 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.