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FLOYD EDWARD GOLEMON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordFloyd Edward Golemon JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 101
- JOHN LEE ESPENSHIEDColonel · March 10, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- KENNETH GAGE HAVENSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- STEPHEN MARTIN WELCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENNIE CLIFFORD CLAYTONSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 100
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.