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FLOYD ALBERT STINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – November 8, 1968
Service recordFloyd Albert Stinson, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 38
- MARVIN EUGENE LIVELYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- MARK HAROLD PIETRZYKSpecialist Five · November 8, 1968
- THEODORE SMITHChief Petty Officer · November 8, 1968
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
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.