Name:
Robert V. Lloyd
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-752135
Unit:
343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-03-04
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Robert V. Lloyd was born on March 19, 1920, in Lynn, Massachusetts. He served in the Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, as a First Lieutenant and was a pilot of the P-38J 42-68182 at the time of his death. He was Killed in Action on March 4, 1944, when his left engine caught fire and Lt. Lloyd crashed approximately 6-10 miles off the Dutch coast in the English Channel. His body was never found. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, www.station131.co.uk