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ROBERT GENE FLOYD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – April 1, 1970
Service recordRobert Gene Floyd, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 67
- OTTO JAMES DRAKENCorporal · April 1, 1970
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 1970
- CRAIG PYPER FIELDINGFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNNCorporal · April 1, 1970
- JAMES JACOB BYSZEKPrivate First Class · July 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARTER WAYNE DOWDStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 66
- DAVID WELCHCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 77
- CLIFTON P WHEELHOUSE JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 77
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 78
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
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.