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FLOYD EDWARD ANDRUS III
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 18, 1947 – March 16, 1970
Service recordFloyd Edward Andrus III, of Greenfield Center, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electrician's Mate (AE)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenfield Center, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 3
- GREGORY JOSEPH ASBECKPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- JOHN MACY BIRCHPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- WILLIAM PETE BLETSCHPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- GARY LEE BURKETTSpecialist Four · March 16, 1970
From Greenfield Center
- WILLARD DUANE DURHAM JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
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.