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FLOYD CHARLES NEVINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordFloyd Charles Nevins, of Valley Falls, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Valley Falls, Kansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 19
- DUANE WILLARD NYBLOMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- JOSE LUIS OSUNACorporal · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE PETER PERKINSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NORRIS ARTHUR PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUIS CARLOS BORREGO JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 14
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 17
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 17
- MICHAEL P LYDENSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PRICESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 20
- BRUCE SAUNDERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 21
- CARL WILLIAM WALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 23
From Valley Falls
- JAMES JOSEPH EVANSCommander · April 2, 1965
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 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.