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JIMMY ERIK FLOREN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1946 – November 6, 1967
Service recordJimmy Erik Floren, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 29
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LEE ELLIS JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.