Age 20 - From Kings Park, New York
Killed in action May 25, 1968 - Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam

FROM "720th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION VIET NAM PROJECT"
(http://www.720mpvietnamproject.org/honor_roll_720th/casualties_battalion/flynn_daniel_j/flynn_daniel_j.html)

At 1930 hours (7:30PM), on 25 May 1968, SGT Thompson contacted Battalion TOC and advised them C Company Convoy Escort, “Available 20,”was en route from Long Binh Post to the Bear Cat, 9th Infantry Division Base Camp with two Armored Personnel Carriers and one gun jeep.

Twenty-eight minutes later a Viet Cong force of unknown strength opened fire on his escort team from hidden positions along the roadway at Grid Coordinates, YS 123971, with small arms, automatic weapons, and RPG’s (Rocket Propelled Grenades) resulting in two immediate casualties.

The C Company MP’s engaged the hidden enemy in intense fire for several minutes before the enemy broke contact. The escort vehicles immediately started again for the safety of the Bear Cat Base when the hidden enemy again opened up with intense fire on their vehicles.

As they attempted to remove themselves from the kill zone one of the wounded MP’s was knocked from an APC and the escort team had to return to recover their fallen comrade. After making a successful recovery of the wounded MP the vehicles finally made it out of the kill zone and into the Bear Cat Base at 2028 hours (8:28PM), to deliver their wounded to the hospital.

The wounded C Company MP’s were: PFC. Howard E. Doran, punctured eardrum, SP/4 Thomas E. Walker, shrapnel wound to the jaw, PFC John R. Hollander, shrapnel wound in both knees, PFC Daniel J. Flynn, serious shrapnel wounds requiring an emergency tracheotomy.

PFC Flynn, age 20, of Kings Park, NY, would die of his wounds within several hours. He served only 20 days in Vietnam.

On Tuesday, 28 May 1968, a memorial mass was held at the 89th MP Group Chapel for PFC Flynn.

On Memorial Day, 30 May 1968, at 0800 hours memorial services were held at the 89th MP Group Chapel for SSG Wilkens, SP/4 Mason, PFC Neal of A Company and PFC Flynn, C Company, who was killed in action 25 May.

--- General / Personal ---
Last name: FLYNN
First name: DANIEL JOSEPH
Home of Record (official): KINGS PARK
State (official): NY
Date of Birth: Friday, February 6, 1948
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 11829142
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 51B10
Carpentry And Masonry Specialist

--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Sunday, May 5, 1968
Date of Casualty: Saturday, May 25, 1968
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A2) Hostile, died of wounds
Reason: Artillery, rocket, mortar (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Bien Hoa
The Wall: Panel 69W - Row 003

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