William J. Lloyd Jr.
Rank: Sergeant, U.S. Army
Serial: 12010296
Unit: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Normandy American Cemetery, St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France (Plot E Row 12 Grave 30)
Awards: Purple Heart
Sergeant William J. Lloyd Jr. entered the Army in 1940 from Camden NJ. He was a member of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and took part in the invasion of North Africa, where he saw combat against the Vichy French. He was wounded in combat with German forces in Tunisia, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sergeant Lloyd drowned during the landing on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Initially declared as missing in action, his body was not recovered until some time after the landings, and he was not declared dead until December of 1944. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Lloyd, of 881 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia PA, and his mother, Mrs. Mary J. Neville, of 1107 Beideman Avenue, Camden NJ.