Staff Sergeant John F. Flynn was born on 23 November 1941. He enlisted in Company D, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) RIARNG on 12 April 1965. He completed the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, GA on 10 June 1966. He served as an Operations & Intelligence Sergeant (11F4S). He was discharged on 11 April 1971.
He died on 29 February 2016 and was buried with military honors in Saint Francis Cemetery, Peace Dale, RI
