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FLOYD HOLIFIELD JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1939 – July 7, 1967
Service recordFloyd Holifield JR, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 28
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 28
- CHARLES JOSEPH GLENN IIICorporal · July 7, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- GATLIN JERRYL HOWELLFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 24
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 27
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 29
- STANLEY F PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 30
- HAROLD TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 32
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 32
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 34
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
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JAMES MACKENZIE INMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.