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HONORED ON PANEL 25W, LINE 68 OF THE WALL
RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLO
WALL NAME
RICHARD J FLAGIELLO
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25W/68
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LEFT FOR RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLO
POSTED ON 12.6.2024
POSTED BY: Irvin F Otto
Found this on C - Company's web site (TallComanche.org)
We went into our NDP (straddling trails, as usual) with the knowledge we were being watched.
Our suspicions were correct. At 5:25 AM, May 12th, we were hit hard with mortars, B-40s, and small arms. We called in the Spooky flare ship, Blue Max (Cobra gunships from the 2/20th Artillery), and tube artillery. At 6 AM, we radioed LZ Ike that we had four wounded, and Medevac was requested. At 7 AM, the Medevac was completed, but the bird took small arms fire.
But, not all our people reported as wounded made it. PFC Richard Flagiello succumbed to fragment wounds to the head. He had been with Charlie Company less than a month.
Our suspicions were correct. At 5:25 AM, May 12th, we were hit hard with mortars, B-40s, and small arms. We called in the Spooky flare ship, Blue Max (Cobra gunships from the 2/20th Artillery), and tube artillery. At 6 AM, we radioed LZ Ike that we had four wounded, and Medevac was requested. At 7 AM, the Medevac was completed, but the bird took small arms fire.
But, not all our people reported as wounded made it. PFC Richard Flagiello succumbed to fragment wounds to the head. He had been with Charlie Company less than a month.
POSTED ON 3.26.2023
POSTED BY: IFO
I found this while researching D 2/5
Richard James Flagiello
Private First Class
C CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Private First Class
C CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
POSTED ON 5.15.2022
POSTED BY: Tom Gorman
Upper Darby Hometown Hero
POSTED ON 5.12.2022
POSTED BY: Tom Gorman
From His Cousin
Richie "Flagg" was born and raised in SW Philly. He attended West Catholic HS through his freshman year before moving to Upper Darby in '63 and graduated from Bonner HS in 1966. To me, his younger cousin, he was The Fonz. He had a '68 Camaro, a Yamaha motorcycle and hung out at The Hot Shoppe. When his number came up in the draft, his father Joe, a WWII veteran, urged him to join the Navy, but Richie joined the Army and ended up in Vietnam. 5 months into his tour, he was killed at the age of 19. Such a tragic loss. R.I.P, Richie.
Your Cousin,
Charlie Flagiello
Your Cousin,
Charlie Flagiello