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DAVID ALLEN FLOYD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Floyd, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 2
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · March 1, 1969
- LOUIS AARON GEORGEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- JOHN BROWN GIBSON JRStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1969
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RONALD GARCIASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
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.