Name:
Army Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd
Age:
26
From:
Milwaukee;
Assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas;
Incident:
Army Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd died Jan. 12 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Died:
January
12, 2008
Teacher: Soldier killed in Iraq ‘found himself’ in military
By John Hartzell
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee soldier deployed to Iraq in November has become the fourth person from Wisconsin to die there in two weeks, the Department of Defense said Jan. 15.
Army Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd, 26, died Jan. 12 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the agency said.
Lloyd joined the military as a food service specialist in March and was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, at Fort Hood, Texas, in August.
His father, Gary Lloyd, said Keith Lloyd had worked in a number of retail jobs, including a stint at a Farm & Fleet...
Occupation
the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas;
Incident
Army Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd died Jan. 12 in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.