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LLOYD JUNIOR HUCKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordLloyd Junior Hucks, of Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Galivants Ferry, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 86
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRADFORD PRESTON SAWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 88
- JACK ELSWORTH SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 88
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.