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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lloyd Fields JR.

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LLOYD FIELDS JR

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

June 12, 1939 – April 13, 1966

Service record

Lloyd Fields JR, of Blackstone, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6E · Line 110

Position of Panel 6E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
Unit (as recorded)
173 AIRBORNE BDE
Born
June 12, 1939
Home of record
Blackstone, Virginia (Nottoway County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 13, 1966
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6E, Line 110

From Blackstone

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.