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LLOYD ARTHUR MCGREW
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 4, 1930 – July 17, 1970
Service recordLloyd Arthur McGrew, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 25
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 4, 1930
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 25
- DONALD GEROLD MARCHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- PAUL LOUIS SALERNOPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- JAMES DREW SCHMIDTSergeant · July 17, 1970
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.