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LOYD EDWARD STROISCH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1945 – April 12, 1968
Service recordLoyd Edward Stroisch, of Mentor, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 36
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Mentor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 36
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · April 12, 1968
- NOLAN REED RAYSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN STEIMBACHSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · April 12, 1968
From Mentor
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID STICKLEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- DALE ALLEN PEARCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1971
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.