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ROBERT WILSON FLOYD
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1920 – January 29, 1970
Service recordRobert Wilson Floyd, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 78
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
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 4, 1920
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 78
- RONNIE DALE FULMERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1970
- CHARLES COLEMAN HINTON JRLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- MERLE GRIFFIN HUBBARDSpecialist Five · January 29, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD KREBSSpecialist Four · January 29, 1970
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 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.