SGT. Loyd, Raymond Thomas
Service number: 36312940
Age: 21
Born: Eldorado, Pike County, Illinois
Hometown: Eldorado, Illinois
Family:
Raymond T. Loyd (father)
Mary A. (Dolbeare) Loyd (mother)
Donald Eugene Loyd (brother)
Doris May Loyd/Reel (sister)
Joseph Carl Loyd (brother)
Barbara Ruth (nee Mueller) Loyd/Thomas (wife) married on October 7, 1942
Carol Ann Loyd (daughter) memorial #177116651
Loyd (son)
Rank: Sergeant
Function: Not available
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945,
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hamm Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on January 21, 1942, Camp Grant Illinois
Other information: The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
His tank and another one of his company were knocked out by anti-tank fire.
Sgt James R. Fisher was the driver of Sgt Loyd's tank. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day:
Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. Sgt Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed. Raymond A. Rusch and Chester H. Thompson were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is an additional memorial #158448034
Service number: 36312940
Age: 21
Born: Eldorado, Pike County, Illinois
Hometown: Eldorado, Illinois
Family:
Raymond T. Loyd (father)
Mary A. (Dolbeare) Loyd (mother)
Donald Eugene Loyd (brother)
Doris May Loyd/Reel (sister)
Joseph Carl Loyd (brother)
Barbara Ruth (nee Mueller) Loyd/Thomas (wife) married on October 7, 1942
Carol Ann Loyd (daughter) memorial #177116651
Loyd (son)
Rank: Sergeant
Function: Not available
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945,
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hamm Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on January 21, 1942, Camp Grant Illinois
Other information: The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
His tank and another one of his company were knocked out by anti-tank fire.
Sgt James R. Fisher was the driver of Sgt Loyd's tank. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day:
Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. Sgt Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed. Raymond A. Rusch and Chester H. Thompson were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is an additional memorial #158448034
SGT. Loyd, Raymond Thomas
Service number: 36312940
Age: 21
Born: Eldorado, Pike County, Illinois
Hometown: Eldorado, Illinois
Family:
Raymond T. Loyd (father)
Mary A. (Dolbeare) Loyd (mother)
Donald Eugene Loyd (brother)
Doris May Loyd/Reel (sister)
Joseph Carl Loyd (brother)
Barbara Ruth (nee Mueller) Loyd/Thomas (wife) married on October 7, 1942
Carol Ann Loyd (daughter) memorial #177116651
Loyd (son)
Rank: Sergeant
Function: Not available
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945,
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hamm Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on January 21, 1942, Camp Grant Illinois
Other information: The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
His tank and another one of his company were knocked out by anti-tank fire.
Sgt James R. Fisher was the driver of Sgt Loyd's tank. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day:
Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. Sgt Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed. Raymond A. Rusch and Chester H. Thompson were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is an additional memorial #158448034
Service number: 36312940
Age: 21
Born: Eldorado, Pike County, Illinois
Hometown: Eldorado, Illinois
Family:
Raymond T. Loyd (father)
Mary A. (Dolbeare) Loyd (mother)
Donald Eugene Loyd (brother)
Doris May Loyd/Reel (sister)
Joseph Carl Loyd (brother)
Barbara Ruth (nee Mueller) Loyd/Thomas (wife) married on October 7, 1942
Carol Ann Loyd (daughter) memorial #177116651
Loyd (son)
Rank: Sergeant
Function: Not available
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: C
Date of death: March 29, 1945,
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Wermertshausen, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery: Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hamm Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on January 21, 1942, Camp Grant Illinois
Other information: The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives.
His tank and another one of his company were knocked out by anti-tank fire.
Sgt James R. Fisher was the driver of Sgt Loyd's tank. His son gave the following account from his father's letters about what happened that day:
Sometime during the day on 29 March 1945 my father got orders to move his tank platoon in position to attack a farmhouse which was heavily armed with German machine guns and light artillery. Sgt Raymond T. Loyd was in the same tank as my father. My father was the driver. According to my father's account, when the tanks began their attack the Germans responded with a volley of hellish fire. At a given point my father told Loyd that he could hardly see out of the periscope. Dad said that Loyd said he was going to open the hatch, and look out to get a line and guide them in. When Loyd stuck his head out the hatch he was hit by fire from the Germans and fell in the tank instantly killed. For years my father said he was haunted by the memory of that headless body in the tank.
Three crew members were killed. Raymond A. Rusch and Chester H. Thompson were the other two. Their remains were never recovered.
There is an additional memorial #158448034
Inscription
SGT 17 TK BN 7 ARMD DIV
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Illinois.
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