Floyd W. Stock was born in 1909 in Iowa. He resided in Multnomah County, Oregon prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on March 2, 1942 at Fort Lewis, Washington. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a painter and also as Single, without dependents. Floyd served as a Private and Crew Chief on C-46A #42-23600, India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

C-46A #42-23600 took off, with a crew of 4, from Misamari, India on a cargo mission to Kunming, China. After takeoff they were not seen nor heard from again and it is unknown whether they crashed in India or China. The entire crew was lost. Floyd was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

Pvt Stock was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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