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LONNIE DOUGLAS LOYD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – February 16, 1969
Service recordLonnie Douglas Loyd JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 44
- ERIC ANDERSON FISHERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- CRAIG MANSFIELD HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- VERNON G KNUTSONSergeant · February 16, 1969
- KENNETH JERNIGAN LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MICHAEL WOGANSergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 47
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.