Lonnie Allen Floyd Killed in Action Vietnam 1967 173rd Airborne 503d

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LONNIE ALLEN FLOYD - Killed in Action January 14, 1967

LONNIE ALLEN FLOYD

Next of Kin - Department of Defense Press Release - Click here to view - C Co, SP4, age 19, TENNESSEE SP4 Lonnie A. FLOYD, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. FLOYD, 520 Oliver Street, Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga Times, January 23, 1967. Funeral Monday for L. A. Floyd - Football Player was killed Jan. 14 in Vietnam. Funeral services for Spec. 4 Lonnie A. Floyd, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Landon Floyd of 520 Oliver St., who was killed in Vietnam Saturday, Jan. 14, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at White Oak Baptist Church. The Rev. J. A. Campbell and the Rev. Almon Hawkins will officiate.Burial will be in Chattanooga Memorial Park with full military honors. Floyd, an outstanding football player at Chattanooga High School, was a member of C Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry.
His survivors include his parents; two sisters, Miss Brenda Floyd of Chattanooga and Mrs. Joan Posey of Soddy; two brothers, Richard Floyd and Thomas Floyd, both of Chattanooga.

SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade
His tour began on Aug 17, 1966
Casualty was on Jan 14, 1967
In BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
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Brenda Floyd Underwood lives in Chattanooga, TN. She is the sister of Lonnie Floyd (C/4, KIA 01-14-1967). She would love to hear from men who knew her brother in Vietnam. bfu@comcast.net

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Mike Barbree (Message from the wall)- tennvic@charter.net - Friend - Dayton t 37321 USA- Friend I remember you Lonnie. I'll always remember the Hero's that lost their lives in service to Our country. I remember the day you left school to join. It was a strange time. Aug 19, 2006

List of Memorial Pages Below. Click on persons name to view their Memorial Page.

DIED BEFORE DEPLOYMENT TO VIETNAM (3) in 1966

Gasbarra, Robert A; PFC; Medic, HHC

Knight, Larry H, B Co; PFC,

Palmer, Larry P, PFC; Medic, HHC

KIA July 27, 1966

Joseph Francis Hunt, C Co,

Joe David Kegley, C Co,

Carlos David Moore, Medic, C Co,

James Larry McCrystal, C Co,

Melvin Warren McDowell, C Co,

Jerry L Schemel, C Co,