Name:
Robert Flanagan
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-367706
Unit:
1st Ranger Battalion
Date of Death:
2005-06-25
State:
Washington
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Robert Flanagan was born on September 17, 1916, in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was married to Lucile Borden Tennant Allan Flanagan.
Flanagan served in Company E, 1st Ranger Battalion, as a First Lieutenant during World War II. After World War II, he returned home and settled in Houston, Texas. He was called to the Pentagon as a consultant when the Korean War broke out. In 1949 Robert and his family settled in Seattle, Washington, and was a chief engineer at Boeing Scientific Research Labs. He died on June 25, 2005, and was cremated.
Source of information: wwiirangers.org