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 Wilson Falor “Bud” Flagg - Annapolis MD Posted by:  Don.Morfe
N 38° 59.294 W 076° 29.413
18S E 370935 N 4316526
Rear Admiral Wilson F. Flagg. Naval Academy class of 1961 and his wife, Darlene Embree Flagg were on American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. RADM Flagg had logged the most hours of any pilot on F-8 Crusader supersonic jets.
Waymark Code: WM12RRG
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2020
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At the National 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon, Flagg, his wife and Edwards are memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-70.
He is buried in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery.
Description:
From Wikipedia-Career-Flagg attended flight school in Pensacola, Florida, and became a Navy pilot in 1962. He served on active duty from 1961 to 1967, including three tours as a fighter pilot in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. After leaving active duty, he continued flying the F-8 Crusader, logging more than 3,200 flight hours. He subsequently embarked upon dual careers as an American Airlines captain and an officer in the Naval Reserve.
His decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V.
In 1987 he became a rear admiral, and was posted at The Pentagon, where he was one of the top officers for the Naval Reserve. In 1993, two years after the 1991 Tailhook Association scandal, he was one of three top officials who received letters of censure for failing to stop extensive incidents of sexual harassment at the association's Las Vegas convention.
Flagg retired from the Navy in 1995 as a rear admiral and from American Airlines in 1998, although at the time of his death, he still had an office at the Pentagon, for instances in which the Pentagon contacted him for technical advice.
Date of birth: 10/25/1938
Date of death: 09/11/2001
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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