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Personal info

Full name
FOY, Lloyd
Date of birth
5 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina
Hometown
Richlands, Onslow County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34253686
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Furney L. Foy (father)
Lucy R. (Davis) Foy (mother)
Lenwood Foy (brother)
Sallie L. Foy (sister)
Verna L. Foy (sister)
Velvin Foy (brother)
Gerald Foy (brother)
Charlotte V. Foy (sister)

More information

Pvt Lloyd Foy enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 5 March 1942.

His remains were recovered in 2006. He is interred at the Guinn Family Cemetery in Maple Hill, North Carolina.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census /  Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman / Alitreal, www.newspapers.com - The News and Observer - 22 January 1945