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WILSON NATHENIAL FLOWERS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 16, 1922 – November 29, 1967
Service recordWilson Nathenial Flowers, of East Palo Alto, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 29, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 3
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- July 16, 1922
- Home of record
- East Palo Alto, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 3
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- VICTOR LINCOLN CRUMPCorporal · November 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- STEVEN FORREST FREEMANCorporal · November 29, 1967
From East Palo Alto
- JOHN WESLEY WYATT JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILBERT MICHAEL WEBSTERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
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.