Graduating Clemson College, Class of 1964
From Winnsboro, South Carolina. Wife: Gloria Tilley Flanders
Served in the Army, First Lieutenant. Unit 2nd Airlift Platoon, 171st Aviation Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion, 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, Nha Trang, South Vietnam.
Received Awards/Citations for Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart, Air Medal with Valor Device and Six Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Military Merit Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Died Jan 1, 1970. LT Flanders was the pilot of an UH-1D Huey 'slick' helicopter on a mission supporting a Special Forces Camp at Ban Me Thuot, Darlac Province, in the highlands of South Vietnam. Before returning to his base at Nha Trang, he and his co-pilot stopped in the Mess Tent at the camp. When an alarm sounded, LT Flanders and his co-pilot were proceeding to a shelter when a mortar round landed nearby, hitting LT Flanders with a piece of shrapnel and inflicting a fatal wound. The airfield at Dong Ba Thin was later named Flanders Field.
He is buried at New Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC.
From Winnsboro, South Carolina. Wife: Gloria Tilley Flanders
Served in the Army, First Lieutenant. Unit 2nd Airlift Platoon, 171st Aviation Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion, 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, Nha Trang, South Vietnam.
Received Awards/Citations for Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart, Air Medal with Valor Device and Six Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Military Merit Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Died Jan 1, 1970. LT Flanders was the pilot of an UH-1D Huey 'slick' helicopter on a mission supporting a Special Forces Camp at Ban Me Thuot, Darlac Province, in the highlands of South Vietnam. Before returning to his base at Nha Trang, he and his co-pilot stopped in the Mess Tent at the camp. When an alarm sounded, LT Flanders and his co-pilot were proceeding to a shelter when a mortar round landed nearby, hitting LT Flanders with a piece of shrapnel and inflicting a fatal wound. The airfield at Dong Ba Thin was later named Flanders Field.
He is buried at New Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC.
Graduating Clemson College, Class of 1964
From Winnsboro, South Carolina. Wife: Gloria Tilley Flanders
Served in the Army, First Lieutenant. Unit 2nd Airlift Platoon, 171st Aviation Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion, 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, Nha Trang, South Vietnam.
Received Awards/Citations for Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart, Air Medal with Valor Device and Six Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Military Merit Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Died Jan 1, 1970. LT Flanders was the pilot of an UH-1D Huey 'slick' helicopter on a mission supporting a Special Forces Camp at Ban Me Thuot, Darlac Province, in the highlands of South Vietnam. Before returning to his base at Nha Trang, he and his co-pilot stopped in the Mess Tent at the camp. When an alarm sounded, LT Flanders and his co-pilot were proceeding to a shelter when a mortar round landed nearby, hitting LT Flanders with a piece of shrapnel and inflicting a fatal wound. The airfield at Dong Ba Thin was later named Flanders Field.
He is buried at New Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC.
From Winnsboro, South Carolina. Wife: Gloria Tilley Flanders
Served in the Army, First Lieutenant. Unit 2nd Airlift Platoon, 171st Aviation Company, 10th Combat Aviation Battalion, 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade, Nha Trang, South Vietnam.
Received Awards/Citations for Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart, Air Medal with Valor Device and Six Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Military Merit Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Died Jan 1, 1970. LT Flanders was the pilot of an UH-1D Huey 'slick' helicopter on a mission supporting a Special Forces Camp at Ban Me Thuot, Darlac Province, in the highlands of South Vietnam. Before returning to his base at Nha Trang, he and his co-pilot stopped in the Mess Tent at the camp. When an alarm sounded, LT Flanders and his co-pilot were proceeding to a shelter when a mortar round landed nearby, hitting LT Flanders with a piece of shrapnel and inflicting a fatal wound. The airfield at Dong Ba Thin was later named Flanders Field.
He is buried at New Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC.
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