Keith E Lloyd
Date of Death: 01/12/2008
Age: 26
Incident Location: Tal Afar, Iraq
Hometown: Milwaukee
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment
Unit Base: Fort Hood, Texas
Army Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd, 26, of Milwaukee, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas; died January 12, 2008, in Tal Afar, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Lloyd was a 2000 high school graduate and was assigned to Fort Hood. He joined the military as a food service specialist in March of that year 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 store, since graduating from South Milwaukee High School.
After talking to his brother, Keith Lloyd decided to enlist and was glad he had, his father said.
He truly believed in what he was doing," Gary Lloyd said. "He was already talking about re-upping. I truly believe that he was going to make the military his career."
In addition to his parents and brother in the military, Keith Lloyd is survived by two sisters and three other half brothers.
Lloyd was a 2000 high school graduate and was assigned to Fort Hood. He joined the military as a food service specialist in March of that year 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 store, since graduating from South Milwaukee High School.
After talking to his brother, Keith Lloyd decided to enlist and was glad he had, his father said.
He truly believed in what he was doing," Gary Lloyd said. "He was already talking about re-upping. I truly believe that he was going to make the military his career."
In addition to his parents and brother in the military, Keith Lloyd is survived by two sisters and three other half brothers.