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KENNETH WAYNE FLOYD
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 3, 1945 – May 7, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wayne Floyd, of Raeford, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Raeford, North Carolina (Hoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 23
- FRED KEITH FISHPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- GREGORY RANDALL GAINESSergeant · May 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
From Raeford
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- SAM DIXON WARLICKSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- HENRY FLOYD NUGENT JRSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- JOHN MONROE PRATTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- ROBERT EARL DEWSergeant · August 30, 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.