Canajoharie New York

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

Rodrigues, Paul C.
Marine Sergeant

Paul C. Rodrigues, age 24, from Montgomery County Canajoharie, New York .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, September 24, 1965
Death details: Killed in Japan in a dawn fire that destroyed a two-story communication building that was engaged in classified work relaying messages between ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in water off Vietnam and land installations.

Source: Associated Press (1965)

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