LCPL Robert E. FlynnLance Corporal Rob Flynn, a 22 year-old Marine from Dorchester’s Adams Corner neighborhood, was wounded along with four other US Marines when their vehicle was struck by a improvised explosive device (IED) late last week. Flynn had just returned to the war zone within the last two weeks for his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Flynn, an alumnus of St. Brendan’s School and Archbishop Williams High School, is being treated for his wounds in Afghanistan, a fact that his family says interprets as relatively good news, since the other four Marines were transported to a US military base in Germany with more serious injuries.

Still, Rob’s brother Sean Flynn, a Boston Police officer who also lives in Dorchester, said his brother's injuries included lacerations, burns and a concussion. He has no memory of the attack on his convoy.

“He was unbelieveably lucky,” Sean Flynn told the Reporter today. “If he was in real trouble he would have woken up in Germany.”

It is not clear yet whether Lance Corporal Flynn will return immediately to the United States or stay in Afghanistan.

Flynn’s family is still anxious to speak with him further about his condition, but their immediate fears for his survival have been eased, thanks in large part to a network of neighbors that quickly sprang up to support them.

“You talk about the Dorchester connection and it’s just been unbelievable the way people have rallied to help us out,” Sean Flynn said.

Over the weekend, several Dorchester men with Marine Corps roots helped the Flynn family get details of Rob’s condition. Sean Flynn said that fellow Boston Police officers Paul Coughlin, Danny Keeler and Anthony Perella were particularly helpful in navigating the military back-channels to find out critical information about Rob’s whereabouts and prognosis.

“There guys were just fantastic. They’ve been such a help to our family,” said Flynn.