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FLOYD RAY JOHNSON
Private · U.S. Army
May 9, 1949 – February 20, 1970
Service recordFloyd Ray Johnson, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 8 FLD HOSP 43 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1949
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 8 FLD HOSP 43 MED GRP 44 MED BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 36
- EDWARD CLARK CALDWELL IIIPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1970
- KENNETH LEE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- REGGIE WESTEL HINSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE BENJAMIN TATNALLFirst Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 38
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.