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FLOYD STUDER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 10, 1927 – August 15, 1961
Service recordFloyd Studer, of Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 15, 1961, in Thailand, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 10, 1927
- Home of record
- Port Allegany, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1961
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1961. In August 1961, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 4
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- WALTER HUGH MOONMajor · April 22, 1961
- BRUCE R JONESSergeant · August 10, 1961
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISSpecialist Four · December 22, 1961
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
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.