Flanigan, William Timothy
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Verified Chief Warrant Officer 3 William Timothy Flanigan, 37, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He was killed in action on July 2, 2006, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Chief Warrant Officer 3 William Timothy Flanigan was a 37-year-old soldier from Indianapolis, Indiana. He served with Troop R, 4th Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, a Tennessee Army National Guard unit based in Smyrna that was deployed as part of Task Force Knighthawk.
On July 2, 2006, Flanigan was killed in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, he died when the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter he was piloting crashed. The incident occurred during a reconnaissance mission. No enemy fire was reported at the time of the crash, which was under investigation.
Flanigan's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By 2006, the conflict had entered a phase of intensified combat in southern provinces like Kandahar, where Taliban insurgents had regrouped and were contesting coalition and Afghan government forces.
The Department of Defense announced his death on July 5, 2006. His unit, the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, had previously deployed to Iraq before its 2006 deployment to Afghanistan.
Flanigan is memorialized on the Tennessee Fallen Heroes Memorial and the Indiana Fallen Heroes Memorial. His name is inscribed on Panel 8a, Line 5 of the Afghanistan War Memorial at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia.
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William Timothy Flanigan was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
