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MICHAEL GLENN LOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – September 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Glenn Loyd, of Red Oak, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 300 MP CO 92 MP BN
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Red Oak, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 54
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL HARTOGHLance Corporal · September 7, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
From Red Oak
- SEABORN DAN JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
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.