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LLOYD SLACK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1944 – December 14, 1967
Service recordLloyd Slack, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 94
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 94
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- HERBERT PLUMMER JRCorporal · December 14, 1967
- GARY EDWARD SCHUBERTLance Corporal · December 14, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 90
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.