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FLOYD G TALLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – December 8, 1969
Service recordFloyd G Talley, of Scottsville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Scottsville, Kentucky (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 40
- GERALD RAYDINE ROSSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- KENNETH BRUCE SESSUMSSergeant · December 8, 1969
- TERRIL WAYDE SNELSONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- ROYCE WILLIAM TRUSSELL JRSergeant · December 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALBERT HANCOCKCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 38
From Scottsville
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · October 28, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
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.