Lloyd E Hayes was born in South Carolina.. The 1930/1940 Census reports shows him living in Dillon, SC. His parents were 'Evey' T. and Virginia Hayes. His sister was Eunice.
He enlisted in the US Army on July 23, 1942 at Ft. Jackson, SC. His papers show that he had a grammar school education, was single at the time, and his pre-war occupation was 'driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)'. He was given the Army serial number 34129166.
Lloyd joined the 455th AAA Bn. after their formation at Camp Stewart, Ga. in Sept. 1942, and trained with them in antiaircraft procedures at Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, Ga. He was assigned to Battery 'B', gun crew #8 ('Old Glory'). The 455th went to Europe in Sept. of 1943 and spent some 10 months guarding USAAF airbases in Norfolk, England. Battery 'B' guarded Snetterton Heath (a B-17 airbase), Norfolk. He became a truck driver in his gun crew and either towed and/or was a crewman on the 40mm Bofors AA gun.
In July 1944, the unit went to France, joined Patton's 3rd Army for the Normandy breakout, then raced across France. They guarded field artillery units, supply dumps and airfields against German air attack. They later moved into Germany-- and ended the war in Austria. They destroyed or damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd-highest scoring AAA unit of all of Patton's antiaircraft units.
MILITARY ACTION:
Loyd's gun crew (Battery 'B', gun crew #8 of the 455th AAA Bn.) was providing protection for the 176th Field Arty. Bn., which supported CCB of the Sixth Armored Division, on April 4th, 1945. At 0230 AM, his gun crew bedded down for the night, after an all day convoy. At approx. 0400 AM, the guard heard a noise and challenged it. A German force, estimated at 30 men, raked the area with machine gun and small arms fire. Lloyd Hayes was out by his truck and was killed. A bazooka round hit the pyramidal tent in which the 455th AAA gun crew #8 was sleeping and mortar fire blanketed the area. Section members used small arms and the M51 quad .50-cal. machine gun of the section to disperse the enemy. Gun crew #8 suffered one dead and four seriously wounded. One of the latter was Sgt. Hubert Burgins, who died the next day (April 5, 1945). Another man (Joseph True) would die also and three others survived their wounds. This was the worst single loss the 455th AAA would suffer in WW II...
He enlisted in the US Army on July 23, 1942 at Ft. Jackson, SC. His papers show that he had a grammar school education, was single at the time, and his pre-war occupation was 'driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)'. He was given the Army serial number 34129166.
Lloyd joined the 455th AAA Bn. after their formation at Camp Stewart, Ga. in Sept. 1942, and trained with them in antiaircraft procedures at Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, Ga. He was assigned to Battery 'B', gun crew #8 ('Old Glory'). The 455th went to Europe in Sept. of 1943 and spent some 10 months guarding USAAF airbases in Norfolk, England. Battery 'B' guarded Snetterton Heath (a B-17 airbase), Norfolk. He became a truck driver in his gun crew and either towed and/or was a crewman on the 40mm Bofors AA gun.
In July 1944, the unit went to France, joined Patton's 3rd Army for the Normandy breakout, then raced across France. They guarded field artillery units, supply dumps and airfields against German air attack. They later moved into Germany-- and ended the war in Austria. They destroyed or damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd-highest scoring AAA unit of all of Patton's antiaircraft units.
MILITARY ACTION:
Loyd's gun crew (Battery 'B', gun crew #8 of the 455th AAA Bn.) was providing protection for the 176th Field Arty. Bn., which supported CCB of the Sixth Armored Division, on April 4th, 1945. At 0230 AM, his gun crew bedded down for the night, after an all day convoy. At approx. 0400 AM, the guard heard a noise and challenged it. A German force, estimated at 30 men, raked the area with machine gun and small arms fire. Lloyd Hayes was out by his truck and was killed. A bazooka round hit the pyramidal tent in which the 455th AAA gun crew #8 was sleeping and mortar fire blanketed the area. Section members used small arms and the M51 quad .50-cal. machine gun of the section to disperse the enemy. Gun crew #8 suffered one dead and four seriously wounded. One of the latter was Sgt. Hubert Burgins, who died the next day (April 5, 1945). Another man (Joseph True) would die also and three others survived their wounds. This was the worst single loss the 455th AAA would suffer in WW II...
Lloyd E Hayes was born in South Carolina.. The 1930/1940 Census reports shows him living in Dillon, SC. His parents were 'Evey' T. and Virginia Hayes. His sister was Eunice.
He enlisted in the US Army on July 23, 1942 at Ft. Jackson, SC. His papers show that he had a grammar school education, was single at the time, and his pre-war occupation was 'driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)'. He was given the Army serial number 34129166.
Lloyd joined the 455th AAA Bn. after their formation at Camp Stewart, Ga. in Sept. 1942, and trained with them in antiaircraft procedures at Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, Ga. He was assigned to Battery 'B', gun crew #8 ('Old Glory'). The 455th went to Europe in Sept. of 1943 and spent some 10 months guarding USAAF airbases in Norfolk, England. Battery 'B' guarded Snetterton Heath (a B-17 airbase), Norfolk. He became a truck driver in his gun crew and either towed and/or was a crewman on the 40mm Bofors AA gun.
In July 1944, the unit went to France, joined Patton's 3rd Army for the Normandy breakout, then raced across France. They guarded field artillery units, supply dumps and airfields against German air attack. They later moved into Germany-- and ended the war in Austria. They destroyed or damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd-highest scoring AAA unit of all of Patton's antiaircraft units.
MILITARY ACTION:
Loyd's gun crew (Battery 'B', gun crew #8 of the 455th AAA Bn.) was providing protection for the 176th Field Arty. Bn., which supported CCB of the Sixth Armored Division, on April 4th, 1945. At 0230 AM, his gun crew bedded down for the night, after an all day convoy. At approx. 0400 AM, the guard heard a noise and challenged it. A German force, estimated at 30 men, raked the area with machine gun and small arms fire. Lloyd Hayes was out by his truck and was killed. A bazooka round hit the pyramidal tent in which the 455th AAA gun crew #8 was sleeping and mortar fire blanketed the area. Section members used small arms and the M51 quad .50-cal. machine gun of the section to disperse the enemy. Gun crew #8 suffered one dead and four seriously wounded. One of the latter was Sgt. Hubert Burgins, who died the next day (April 5, 1945). Another man (Joseph True) would die also and three others survived their wounds. This was the worst single loss the 455th AAA would suffer in WW II...
He enlisted in the US Army on July 23, 1942 at Ft. Jackson, SC. His papers show that he had a grammar school education, was single at the time, and his pre-war occupation was 'driver (bus, taxi, truck and tractor)'. He was given the Army serial number 34129166.
Lloyd joined the 455th AAA Bn. after their formation at Camp Stewart, Ga. in Sept. 1942, and trained with them in antiaircraft procedures at Camp Stewart & Ft. Benning, Ga. He was assigned to Battery 'B', gun crew #8 ('Old Glory'). The 455th went to Europe in Sept. of 1943 and spent some 10 months guarding USAAF airbases in Norfolk, England. Battery 'B' guarded Snetterton Heath (a B-17 airbase), Norfolk. He became a truck driver in his gun crew and either towed and/or was a crewman on the 40mm Bofors AA gun.
In July 1944, the unit went to France, joined Patton's 3rd Army for the Normandy breakout, then raced across France. They guarded field artillery units, supply dumps and airfields against German air attack. They later moved into Germany-- and ended the war in Austria. They destroyed or damaged over 130 German aircraft, the 2nd-highest scoring AAA unit of all of Patton's antiaircraft units.
MILITARY ACTION:
Loyd's gun crew (Battery 'B', gun crew #8 of the 455th AAA Bn.) was providing protection for the 176th Field Arty. Bn., which supported CCB of the Sixth Armored Division, on April 4th, 1945. At 0230 AM, his gun crew bedded down for the night, after an all day convoy. At approx. 0400 AM, the guard heard a noise and challenged it. A German force, estimated at 30 men, raked the area with machine gun and small arms fire. Lloyd Hayes was out by his truck and was killed. A bazooka round hit the pyramidal tent in which the 455th AAA gun crew #8 was sleeping and mortar fire blanketed the area. Section members used small arms and the M51 quad .50-cal. machine gun of the section to disperse the enemy. Gun crew #8 suffered one dead and four seriously wounded. One of the latter was Sgt. Hubert Burgins, who died the next day (April 5, 1945). Another man (Joseph True) would die also and three others survived their wounds. This was the worst single loss the 455th AAA would suffer in WW II...
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