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WINFIELD SCOTT FLINT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1948 – May 14, 1967
Service recordWinfield Scott Flint, of Payette, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Payette, Idaho (Payette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 117
- DAVID NEWTON CUMMINGSHospitalman · May 14, 1967
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- FRANK LYNN GUTHRIEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOSEPH CARLTON HAILEYCaptain · May 14, 1967
From Payette
- DANNY L NAILLONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MEECHANColonel · June 15, 1972
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.