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LARVON FLOYD
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – June 14, 1968
Service recordLarvon Floyd, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DAVID GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- JESSE VIRGINIUS HAWK IIIStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1968
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- RICKIE JEROME JACOBSPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DAVID DUELK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 17
- DOUGLAS DAVID GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 18
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 20
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.