Alan Gregory Floyd (1949 - 1968)

Born 30 May 1949 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States of America

Died 28 Feb 1968 at age 18 in Quảng Nam, Vietnam

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Biography

Alan Floyd was awarded the Purple Heart.

Alan Floyd is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Marine Corps
PFC Infantry, KIA in Vietnam

PFC Alan Floyd was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

PFC Alan Floyd served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): =G Co.,2nd Bn, 7th Marine Regiment; 1st Marine Division, III MAF
Service ended:

Alan was born in 1949. He passed away in 1968. Alan, the son of Jackson M. Floyd and Josephine Floyd (deceased) of Decatur GA Parents: Jackson Metzgar Floyd 1918–2008

Military

Vietnam War US Marines PFC, G CO, 2ND BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF He enlisted in the US Marine Corps on June 6, 1967 in Atlanta GA. He arrived in Vietnam on November 16, 1967 and was assigned to Company G, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, (Rein) FMF.

While on patrol, on February 26 while under OPCON (Operational Control) of the 1st Battalion, the fifth man in the squad column tripped and detonated an AP (Anti-Personnel) mine in the vicinity of Dong Bich hamlet in Hieu Duc District. Evacuated to the Station Hospital NSA in Da Nang, PFC Floyd died as a result of the multi fragmentation wounds from the hostile explosive device.

Sources

Semper Fi Brother! Sgt R.C. Floyd, (Floyd-1923)

• www.virtualwall.org
• 1st Battalion 7th Marines Association and the1/7 Marines Vietnam Memorial, Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, Virginia, USA
• National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA
• National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; Roll: 4544; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 68-199
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69354126/alan_gregory-floyd: accessed March 31, 2024), memorial page for PFC Alan Gregory Floyd (30 May 1949–28 Feb 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69354126, citing Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Victor Vilionis (contributor 47207612).