| Name | Ralph Loyd | 
| Agency | Greenville Fire Protection District | 
| Rank | Firefighter | 
| Type of Firefighter | Volunteer | 
| Age Range | 71 and over | 
| Sex | Male | 
| Date of Birth | 9/18/1908 | 
| Date of Death | 2/4/1999 | 
| Cause of Death | Stress/Overexertion | 
| Nature of Death | Cerebrovascular accident/Stroke | 
| Attribute of Death | [not applicable] | 
| Type of Duty | Responding to/returning from incident | 
| Incident Name | N/A | 
| Incident City | Greenville | 
| Incident State | IL | 
| Incident Date | 2/3/1999 10:30 | 
| Incident Location | Storage , Farm | 
| Incident Attribute | Fires | 
On February 3, 1999, Firefighter Ralph J. Loyd of the Greenville Fire Protection District was fatally injured in the line of duty.
Loyd responded to a grain elevator fire as the driver of a fire department equipment truck, but collapsed shortly after arriving at the fire. Having suffered a stroke, Loyd was hospitalized, and he died the following day, February 4.
A member of local fire departments since 1928, Loyd was survived by two children, four grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.