Editing Wilson Flagg

{{short description|United States Navy admiral}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = Wilson Falor Flagg
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1938|10|25}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2001|9|11|1938|10|26}}
| birth_place   = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S.
| death_place   = [[The Pentagon]], [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]], [[Virginia]], U.S. aboard [[American Airlines Flight 77]]
| death_cause   = [[American Airlines Flight 77|Plane crash]] ([[September 11 attacks]])
| image         = Rear Admiral Wilson F. Flagg, USN (2).jpg{{!}}border
| image size    = 
| caption       = Rear Adm. Flagg in 1990
| nickname      = "Bud"
| allegiance    = {{nowrap|{{flag|United States of America}}}}
| branch        = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| serviceyears  = 1961–1995
| rank          = [[File:US Navy O8 infobox.svg|25px]] [[Rear Admiral]]
| battles       = [[Vietnam War]]
| laterwork     = American Airlines pilot (1967–1998)<br/>Cattle rancher
}}
'''Wilson Falor "Bud" Flagg''' (October 25, 1938<ref name=Fold3>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/page/636375830_wilson_falor_flagg/|publisher=Fold3|title=Wilson Falor Flagg |accessdate=January 7, 2021|archivedate=February 6, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206193204/https://www.fold3.com/page/636375830_wilson_falor_flagg/}}</ref>{{spaced ndash}}September 11, 2001) was a [[United States Navy]] [[Rear Admiral]]. On October 15, 1993, he was censured for failing to prevent the 1991 [[Tailhook scandal|Tailhook conference]] scandal, effectively ending any chance for further career advancement.<ref name=NYTimes1993>Lewis, Neil A. (October 16, 1993). [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/us/tailhook-affair-brings-censure-of-3-admirals.html "Tailhook Affair Brings Censure Of 3 Admirals"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref><ref name=TimesNews>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19931016&id=t4RPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QCUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6844,4421798 "Tailhook admirals censured"]. ''[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|The Times-News]]''/[[Associated Press]]. October 16, 1993. p. 3A. [[Google News]]. Retrieved March 21, 2014.</ref><ref name=LATimes1993>Serrano, Richard (October 16, 1993). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-16-mn-46397-story.html "33 Top Officers Disciplined in Tailhook Case"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> Flagg and his wife Darlene were killed on board [[American Airlines Flight 77]] during the [[September 11 attacks]] of 2001.<ref name=NYTimes2001>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/us/wilson-flagg-62-a-retired-admiral.html "Wilson Flagg, 62, A Retired Admiral"]. ''The New York Times''. September 15, 2001.</ref>

==Early life==
Wilson Falor Flagg was born October 25, 1938<ref name=Fold3/> While in high school, Flagg, known by the nickname "Bud", met his future wife, Darlene Ellen "Dee" Embree (October 22, 1938 - September 11, 2001). They became sweethearts,<ref name=LATimes2001>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-humantoll-wflagg,0,7535249.story#axzz2wenAZu2g|title=The Human Toll: Wilson Flagg|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 17, 2001|archivedate=April 25, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425030355/http://www.latimes.com/la-humantoll-wflagg,0,7535249.story}}</ref> and married after Flagg graduated  from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]] in June 1961.<ref name=LATimes2001/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/biographies/darlene-e-flagg|title=Biographies: Darlene E. Flagg|publisher=[[National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial]]|accessdate=January 7, 2021|archivedate=December 8, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208095200/https://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/biographies/darlene-e-flagg}}</ref>

==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 [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]].<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite web|author=Bernstein, Adam |date=September 2001|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/911victims/wilson-f-flagg/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322092721/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/911victims/wilson-f-flagg/ |archive-date=March 22, 2014 |title=Wilson F. Flagg|series=Sacred Ground: Remembering the Victims|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref>

His decorations included the [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal|Distinguished Service Medal]], the [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]], the [[Air Medal]] and the [[Commendation Medal#Navy & Marine Corps, and Coast Guard|Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V]].<ref name=WashingtonPost/>

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.<ref name=LATimes2001/> 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.<ref name=NYTimes1993/><ref name=TimesNews/><ref name=LATimes1993/><ref name=LATimes2001/>

Flagg retired from the Navy in 1995 as a rear admiral and from American Airlines in 1998,<ref name=WashingtonPost/> 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.<ref name=NYTimes2001/>

==Personal life and death==
[[File:12.6.11WilsonFlaggPanelS-70ByLuigiNovi3.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The names of Flagg and his wife Darlene are located on Panel S-70 of the [[National September 11 Memorial]]'s South Pool, along with those of other passengers of Flight 77.]]
The Flaggs lived in Mississippi, California, and Connecticut before settling in the early 1990s to Daybreak Farm, a Black Angus beef cattle farm in [[Millwood, Virginia]]. They also owned a home in [[Las Vegas]], and Dee Flagg was active in Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in [[Winchester, Virginia]], and the Greenway Garden Club in Clarke County. Both were members of the Blue Ridge Hunt.<ref name=WashingtonPost/> 

During the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, the Flaggs and their friend, Barbara G. Edwards, were on board [[American Airlines Flight 77]], heading to a family gathering in California. They were killed when it crashed into the Pentagon. The Flaggs were both 62, and were survived by their sons, Marc<ref>Some sources, such as the [http://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/biographies/radm-wilson-f-flagg-usnr-retired National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213523/http://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/biographies/radm-wilson-f-flagg-usnr-retired |date=2014-05-12 }}, give the spelling as "Marc".</ref> and Michael, and four grandchildren.<ref name=NYTimes2001/><ref name=WashingtonPost/>

At the [[National 9/11 Memorial]], Flagg, his wife and Edwards are memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-70.<ref>[http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=71 Wilson F. Flagg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727095710/http://names.911memorial.org/ |date=2013-07-27 }}. Memorial Guide: [[National 9/11 Memorial]]. Retrieved October 28, 2011.</ref>{{-}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Air Medal]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]
[[Category:American Airlines Flight 77 victims]]
[[Category:Terrorism deaths in Virginia]]
[[Category:Burials at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery]]