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 1949 - 1992 (42 years)
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Lloyd, Douglas Alva [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] |
| Residence |
Between 1935 and 1993 |
Miramar, Broward, Florida, USA  |
| Born |
24 Aug 1949 |
Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA [6] |
| Residence |
1965 |
Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA [8] |
| Died |
14 Jan 1992 |
Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA [1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11] |
| Person ID |
I29845 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Lloyd, Alva Aquilla, b. 20 Dec 1918, Luce Township, Spencer, Indiana, USA , d. 25 Aug 1981, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Living |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F11052 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Marnell, Kathleen Ann, b. 7 Oct 1957, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA , d. 29 Jul 2009, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA (Age 51 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1977 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F21879 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Residence - Between 1935 and 1993 - Miramar, Broward, Florida, USA |
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 | Born - 24 Aug 1949 - Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA |
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 | Residence - - Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
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| Residence - 1965 - Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA |
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 | Married - 16 Sep 1983 - Broward, Florida, USA |
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| Divorced - 9 Oct 1984 - Broward, Florida, USA |
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| Died - 14 Jan 1992 - Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA |
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| Notes |
- Sun Sentinal, January 27, 1992
Veteran`s Toughest Battle Was To Win Benefits
January 27, 1992 |By KIM MARGOLIS, Staff Writer
Doug Lloyd`s memories of the Vietnam War were vivid enough to torture him and take over his life, but not detailed enough to get him help.
The Bronze Star recipient tried for 10 years to get a service-related disability claim for his post-traumatic stress disorder. For years, he could not keep jobs, had nightmares and experienced flashbacks of killing people or seeing people killed.
But the Veterans Administration said he did not remember enough details about names of soldiers and locations of battles to prove the war caused his troubles.
According to a VA study, there are 500,000 Vietnam veterans with post- traumatic stress disorder who received no treatment. After Vietnam, Lloyd and others like him became withdrawn, depressed and had difficulty relating to others.
``God knew what a tortured man he was,`` said Lloyd`s aunt, Jean Berry.
In late December, with the help of a social worker and another Vietnam veteran, Lloyd came close to proving his claim, which could have gained him as little as $83 a month or as much as $1,620.
On Jan. 1, he left his aunt`s home, high on crack cocaine. He had been winning and losing battles with drugs and alcohol for years, but until New Year`s Day seemed to have been winning his latest battle.
After leaving home, he called friends from a pay phone behind the Plantation Albertson`s at 1181 S. University Drive.
On Jan. 6 he did not show up for a psychiatrist`s appointment. Berry was sure he would be there because he had all his documents and a new pair of pants in his duffel bag when he left home. He had asked the pastor of the First Christian Church to pray for him on the dates of his exams.
That exam was the last hurdle between him and his benefits.
On Jan. 14, his badly decomposed body was found behind Albertson`s. He was found lying on his back, with his legs crossed, as his aunt had seen him sleeping many times.
Police said his death was natural. Berry thinks he accidentally combined a deadly mix of crack and prescription drugs.
Lloyd suffered from psychogenic amnesia, meaning he could not and did not want to remember traumatic events during the war, said Pat Koritta, of Broward County Veterans Services Section, who has been working on his claim since 1989.
Recently, he had been comfortable discussing events with veteran Larry McClay, but speaking with a VA psychiatrist was too much to take.
``Every time he got a little bit of hope, they pulled the rug out from under him,`` Koritta said. ``He was scared of the exam. These were VA doctors. `What if they twist everything I say?` Doug said. Who the hell wants to be forced to remember all this stuff?``
Berry, a former schoolteacher from Davie, cared for Lloyd and his grandmother, Erma Lloyd, 93. His grandfather was Broward`s first Republican sheriff, Justice A. ``Quill`` Lloyd.
Berry, 69, said her nephew was a happy child who could get all the other children to follow him. He had a treehouse and, later, many friends at Stranahan High School.
After returning from Vietnam, he withdrew, moved to Delray Beach and did not visit family often. After his father died of cancer, Lloyd inherited the home. He got married, but the marriage lasted only a few months.
Three years ago, he moved in with Berry. He slept to avoid depression, watched television and read religious books. He got out of the house to attend a church group.
Douglas Alva Lloyd, as he always signed his name, experienced the same dead end other veterans see with their post traumatic stress disorder claims.
From 1986 to 1991, 71,159 Vietnam Veterans applied for post-traumatic stress disorder compensation and 38,891 received compensation, said Steve Petty, a VA official and member of a congressional committee studying post-traumatic stress disorder.
Lloyd did not let one denial stop him. He had filed, re-opened and re- appealed his case many times in the last decade.
The VA said he did not provide details of names and dates, calling him ``a poor historian.`` They also claimed he drank alcohol before entering the war.
In one of his filings, he said, ``I`ve been jumpy and (had) wrecked nerves ever since (the war). Nightmares. Don`t trust anybody. Feel like I don`t belong. Angre (sic) bad and hateful. I went there as a teenager and came back f----- up and (a) killer for what ... tell me!``
Friends and relatives testified about how the war changed Lloyd. Veterans` advocate Koritta found documents proving Lloyd received a Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and a Combat Infantry Badge, awards given to those who fought bravely.
The key to receiving Lloyd`s disability claim came when Koritta obtained Army reports describing what happened in his unit, the 101st Airborne Division, during his tour. They proved he was involved in ground fighting.
Petty admitted there are problems with the compensation process, including psychological exams done by cardiologists or interns, lack of interviews by social workers and bias that post-traumatic stress disorder is not a legitimate health problem.
Koritta called Lloyd ``a real sweetheart`` who sent her flowers and a note when she was hospitalized. He always smiled and wore his cap.
``It`s not like we were bosom buddies, but it was senseless,`` Koritta said.
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| Sources |
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Record for Douglas Alva Lloyd
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