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FLOYD SAMUEL ATOLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1945 – February 21, 1969
Service recordFloyd Samuel Atole, of Dulce, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 69
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Dulce, New Mexico (Rio Arriba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 69
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1969
- GROVER CLEVELAND BOWENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- ALLAN BROOKS CALLAWAYStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1969
- RANDALL MARK CARLTONPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
From Dulce
- DANIEL HAROLD MUNIZPrivate · May 17, 1970
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.