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GEORGE ALLEN FLOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1951 – September 15, 1971
Service recordGeorge Allen Floyd, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 17
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1951
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOSEPH ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
- GEORGE WALTER BOULWARESergeant First Class · September 16, 1971
- DONALD EDWARD LARUE JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1971
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · September 16, 1971
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.