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FLOYD GWEN SAVELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1946 – February 14, 1967
Service recordFloyd Gwen Savell, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 30
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS SCROGGINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- LEROY J BORST JRSergeant · February 15, 1967
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.