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FLOYD H RUSSELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – June 15, 1967
Service recordFloyd H Russell JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 108
- JOHN ANTHONY PENNACorporal · June 15, 1967
- FRANCISCO LEO SAMSON JRCorporal · June 15, 1967
- ERNESTO SANCHEZ JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- BEN DAVID SNOWDENMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 103
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 104
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 106
- MICHAEL RAYMOND OJILEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 107
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 109
- VALENTINO TAUAESESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 109
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 110
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.