When Floyd Merrill "Tab" Talbert was born on August 26, 1923, his father, Russell, was 23 and his mother, Nellie, was 21. He had four brothers and two sisters. He entered the military service in Indiana. He served with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in the US Army. He had quickly risen through the ranks, making the rank of Company 1st Sergeant, he would later turn that rank in, when he thought he could do better to be with the men he had fought alongside of during the war, self-demoting to Staff Sergeant, and Platoon Leader. He died on October 18, 1982 and is now buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Greentown, Howard County, Indiana, USA.