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LLOYD ALFORD CONE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 14, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordLloyd Alford Cone, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mech (Structures) (AMS)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 37
- GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 8, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS CONNOLLYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ENNIS COOPERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.