Houghtaling, Floyd W. III
Navy Seaman

Floyd W. III Houghtaling, age 21, from Canajoharie, New York, Montgomery county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Canajoharie Falls

Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org