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FLOYD EUGENE PARTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1949 – October 8, 1968
Service recordFloyd Eugene Parton, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 41W, Line 30
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS LONGCorporal · October 8, 1968
- PIERCE MALMQUISTLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.