Edward Thomas Lloyd

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 919342

Born

December 7, 1920
in Dickson City, PA

Parents

Edward Lloyd
Lois (McGuire) Lloyd

School

Dickson City High School

Pre-War Employment

Remington Arms Company

Entered Service

December 4, 1943
at Philadelphia, PA

Joined First Battalion

July 12, 1944
from Casual Company, 2nd Marine Div.

Left First Battalion

July 24, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian

Left Service

July 24, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

809 Main Street, Dickson City, PA – home of parents, Edward & Lois Lloyd

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp with First Recruit Battalion, Parris Island.
Assigned to 49th Replacement Draft at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; departed 30 March 1944, arrived Camp Elliott, California 13 April 1944.
Reassigned to 59th Replacement Battalion for transit to Saipan.
Arrived and assigned to Casual Company, Second Marine Division, 11 July 1944.
Temporarily attached to B/1/24th Marines, Fourth Marine Division, on 12 July 1944.

Tinian

Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: PFC
MOS: 521 (Basic)
Important Events:
July 24, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, head) during landing operations on Tinian.

Campaign Narrative