Edward D. Lloyd was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on March 14, 1912. He came to Chicago with his parents in 1914. In 1923 the family moved to Westmont where he attended grade school. He also attended Hinsdale High School from 1933 to 1936. He was employed by the Burlington Railroad from 1936 until the time of his enlistment into Officers Candidate School. In 1942 he was an employee of Western United Gas & Electric Co. Edward was the first volunteer of the area for the officer training program. His first military station was Camp Grant, IL after which he spent time at Camp Croft. He then entered Officers’ School at Fort Benning, GA from which station he was commissioned as lieutenant. Following the receipt of his commission he was stationed at Camp Walters. He was later transferred to the 275th Regiment of the 79th Division at Camp Adair, OR. At the time of his death, Lt. Lloyd was serving as Executive Officer with the 129th regiment of the 30th infantry division in Germany. He was in the front of battle lines continuously during his combat career. He was a full scale participant in the famous Battle of the Bulge.
C. O. Col. Purdue Writes of Lt. Lloyd to his wife:
His untimely death caused his company to lose one of its best officers. While a member of this regiment, Edward fought skillfully and courageously and will always remain in our hearts as a brave, self-sacrificing leader. Your husband died in the line of duty and in the highest traditions of the army and of his country which he served so nobly and well. May I express the hope that it will be a source of comfort during your hours of sorrow to know that no man could have done more to help bring and early end to the struggle for the cause of human freedom.
He was married to Dorothy T. Schwartskoff on March 28, 1942.
Source: Downers Grove Reporter, April 26, 1945.
His name is engraved on the plaque at Memorial Park in Downers Grove honoring local servicemen who never returned home from World War II.
