Floyd Fay Kinsler was born 18 October 1916. He was the son of Clifford Kinsler, of Agosta, Ohio, and Gayle Kinsler of Cincinnati. Kinsler attended New Bloomington school and later attended high school in Cleveland. Prior to enlisting, Kinsler lived in Marion with his grandmother, Clara Kinsler.
Floyd F. Kinsler served in the United States Navy as a Chief Aviation Pilot (CAP). Chief Aviation Pilot was an enlisted rating in the navy. Kinsler would receive his rating in 1942. He flew the Catalina PBY Flying Boat “Pigboat”. He attended his basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois. Kinsler also attended training at San Diego, Norfolk and Pensacola, Florida. While at Pensacola he was an instructor in aviation mechanics. He would also graduated from Pensacola as a naval pilot.

CAP F. F. Kinsler served in California on coast patrol duty. He was assigned to the U. S. S. Pocomoke (AV-9), a seaplane tender. In the fall of 1942, he would be part of a patrol mission in which he and his crew shot down an enemy patrol plane.

On 17 June 1943, Chief Floyd F. Kinsler was killed in an aircraft crash, while performing his duties. He flew with Patrol Squadron 23.
He left behind a wife, Bernita I. Kinsler. The body of Floyd F. Kinsler was not repatriated until February of 1949, when he was returned to Marion County for burial. His remains were returned aboard the U. S. A. T Dalton Victory.
Floyd F. Kinsler is buried in Agosta Cemetery, in New Bloomington, Ohio. Floyd F. Kinsler is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio; on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; and on the World War II Veterans Memorial Wall at the Marion Cemetery.