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FLOYD JOSEPH CRAIGMYLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 27, 1949 – November 3, 1969
Service recordFloyd Joseph Craigmyle, of Lyons, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Lyons, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 22
- JOEL ARNOLD BALCOMPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- JAMES ELSON BUCHANANStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1969
- FRANKLIN THEODORE JAMESSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN ROEGLINSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 24
- LOUIS ROBERT SUSTERSICCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 24
- JOHN HENRY WILSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 25
- JAMES HARRY WOOLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 25
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.