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FLOYD DANIEL WIMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – January 27, 1970
Service recordFloyd Daniel Wimer, of Visalia, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- GREGORY LEE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1970
- HOLLY GENE BELLMajor · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLISON DORNELLASStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 71
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 73
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
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.