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FLOYD VOYLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – February 11, 1968
Service recordFloyd Voyles, of Somerville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 1
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Somerville, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 1
- STANLEY EUGENE WATSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- JOHN KEVIN WOODSFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1968
- MICHAEL MORRIS ALLEYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE YOUNGBLOODSergeant · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 75
- JOSEPH PERRY BOWLINGSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 75
- ADALBERTO CACERESSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 76
- DONALD REGINALD COLSONSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 76
- GEORGE ELOY TAFOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 82
- JAMES E TINSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 82
- GARRY FRANCIS VICKERYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 82
From Somerville
- JAMES ARTHUR RANDALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS GURLEYPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · January 27, 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.