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LLOYD J DOWNS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1924 – June 19, 1969
Service recordLloyd J Downs, of Claymont, Delaware, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 88
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1924
- Home of record
- Claymont, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 88
- GEORGE RICHARD DOVERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1969
- HARVEY ALBERT DUHY JRCorporal · June 19, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 87
- EDWARD MAHLON HARDWICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 89
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 95
From Claymont
- ROBERT DAVID ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK WARREN JONESWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN RODOWICZLance Corporal · October 25, 1969
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.