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FLOYD STEVE HARMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – February 24, 1966
Service recordFloyd Steve Harmon, of Valdese, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 72
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Valdese, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 72
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- RAYMOND HARRY HETRICKCaptain · February 24, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- ALBERT RONALD WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From Valdese
- STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELLCorporal · May 14, 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.