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JOHN DOUGLAS FLOYD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1922 – December 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Douglas Floyd, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1922
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 45
- WILLIAM WARREN BREECE JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 5, 1968
- NYROON CHADEEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE DRYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- BILLY KENNEDY EVANS JRSergeant · December 5, 1968
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.