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CHARLES GRADY FLOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – May 27, 1970
Service recordCharles Grady Floyd, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 108
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 108
- DAVID JOHN COMBSSpecialist Five · May 27, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRARYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1970
- GARY CLIFTON EATONSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WILLIE EDWARD ELSENBURGSpecialist Six · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY CLIFTON EATONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 108
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 110
- LARRY ALLAN RIPPESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 110
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.