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FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – January 19, 1968
Service recordFloyd Camille Lachney, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 78
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- BERT DOUGLAS LEFLERCorporal · January 19, 1968
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.