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LLOYD ROBERT TARVER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 12, 1940 – March 31, 1966
Service recordLloyd Robert Tarver, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 69
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · March 30, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES M WOODSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- HOWARD OLIVER WRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.