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FLOYD ABNER SCHLIEWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – October 20, 1970
Service recordFloyd Abner Schliewe, of Lebanon, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Wisconsin (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS STEWART MCGARRYPetty Officer Third Class · October 20, 1970
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
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.