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Personal info

Full name
LLOYD, Oscar William
Date of birth
10 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Rockland, Sullivan County, New York
Hometown
Rockland, Sullivan County, New York

Military service

Service number
42085379
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Morhange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 25 23

Immediate family

Members
Robert O. Lloyd (father)
Augusta (Knox) Lloyd (mother)
Virginia Lloyd (sister)
Alida I. Lloyd (sister)
Marion I. (Lyden) Lloyd (wife)
Robert J. Lloyd (son)

More information

Pfc Oscar W. Lloyd enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 29 February 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Jamie Lees Project / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Althea Hoyt