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FLOYD WATSEL LAMB JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1949 – May 4, 1970
Service recordFloyd Watsel Lamb JR, of Chuckey, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Chuckey, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 96
- DEAN L AITKENSergeant · May 4, 1970
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · May 4, 1970
- LARRY FRANKLIN MATTINGLYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1970
- RICHARD WALTER PAQUETTESergeant · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GERALD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 94
From Chuckey
- HARVEY JUNIOR PROFITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- BOBBY EARNEST HUNTStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- JAMES OAKLEY JAYNESLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- OLIVER NATHANIEL THOMPSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1969
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.