LLOYD C. BROGGER, LCDR, USNR
Lloyd Brogger '35
Lucky Bag
From the 1935 Lucky Bag:
LLOYD CHRISTIAN BROGGER
Butterfield, Minnesota
"Lloyd" "Swede"
MINNESOTA sent us material for a five striper, but Lloyd prefers a 2 P.O's freedom. The fresh water lakes didn't satisfy, and the call of the briny deep brought him east. He and the academics had a close battle during the first year and a half, but he turned into a savoir subsequently. He finds time to tear his radio apart now and then and to keep up with the latest literature. Good books and blondes get equal attention from him. Swede enjoys Log work and does a creditable job of editing when called upon. Lacrosse, basketball and swimming furnish his exercise. Always ready to make a fourth at bridge or to drag that extra girl, Lloyd is "present" when a feller needs a friend.
Class Lacrosse 3. Log Staff 3, 2, 1. Reception Committee 3, 2. 1 P. O.
LLOYD CHRISTIAN BROGGER
Butterfield, Minnesota
"Lloyd" "Swede"
MINNESOTA sent us material for a five striper, but Lloyd prefers a 2 P.O's freedom. The fresh water lakes didn't satisfy, and the call of the briny deep brought him east. He and the academics had a close battle during the first year and a half, but he turned into a savoir subsequently. He finds time to tear his radio apart now and then and to keep up with the latest literature. Good books and blondes get equal attention from him. Swede enjoys Log work and does a creditable job of editing when called upon. Lacrosse, basketball and swimming furnish his exercise. Always ready to make a fourth at bridge or to drag that extra girl, Lloyd is "present" when a feller needs a friend.
Class Lacrosse 3. Log Staff 3, 2, 1. Reception Committee 3, 2. 1 P. O.
Loss
Lloyd was lost when USS Liddle (APD 60) was struck and seriously damaged by a kamikaze on December 7, 1944 after landing her troops at Ormoc in the Leyte Gulf area. Thirty-eight officers and men were killed. Lloyd had been commanding officer since 2 August 1944.
His wife was listed as next of kin. He was also survived by his daughters, parents, and sister.
Family
From researcher Kathy Franz:
Lloyd's wife Dolores died in 1982. Survived by two daughters Jane Hipple and Karen Coulter. Karen died in 2004 (born 1941). Jane, probably the older sister, was still alive as of March 2018.
Silver Star
From Hall of Valor:
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Christian Brogger (NSN: 0-75283), United States Naval Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving on board the U.S.S. LIDDLE (APD-60). On 7 December 1944, the LIDDLE was attacked simultaneously by three enemy dive bombers. By his skillful maneuvering of his ship and effective gun fire Lieutenant Commander Brogger succeeded in avoiding the first two planes which were shot down and crashed close aboard. The third plane succeeded in crashing into the bridge of the LIDDLE causing severe casualties. When last seen Lieutenant Commander Brogger was still at his battle station on the open bridge attempting to save his ship from damage. Lieutenant Commander Brogger's conduct and actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
General Orders: Commander 7th Fleet: Serial 0882 (March 16, 1945)
Action Date: December 7, 1944
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Division: U.S.S. Liddle (APD-60)
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.
April 1941
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