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FLOYD DALE KETELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1951 – April 1, 1970
Service recordFloyd Dale Ketels, of Loveland, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 73
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Loveland, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 73
- SIDNEY E PLATTENBURGERSergeant · April 1, 1970
- GERALD RAY POLLARD JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
- GERALD WAYNE PURDONSergeant · April 1, 1970
- MELVIN DARYL QUINNFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 65
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 67
- JOSE LUIS QUINONESSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 74
From Loveland
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- DONALD WARREN CONN JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1966
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 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.