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FLOYD CARL CRAVEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1942 – September 4, 1967
Service recordFloyd Carl Craven, of Mcminnville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Mcminnville, Tennessee (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 97
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN DIDOMIZIOPrivate · September 4, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From Mcminnville
- JOE LYNN DELONGStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- JOHNNY LAVERNE WHITEAKERCorporal · August 21, 1968
- HAROLD LAWTON BASHAMCorporal · November 29, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS DUDLEY YOUNGSergeant · December 15, 1970
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1971
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.