Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd

Kevin is a 40-year-old U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran who proudly served our country in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Like so many veterans of his era, Kevin was exposed to open-air burn pits — toxic exposure that led to a diagnosis no one should ever face: Stage 4 colorectal cancer. It has spread to numerous systems in his body, including his brain, and has almost completely robbed him of his sight and ability to care for and advocate for himself. This cancer is 100% service related. His body is failing, and he may only have days or weeks left. But instead of receiving the honorable care he deserves, he is being abandoned by the very system he fought to protect.
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The VA tried several times to push Kevin into a nursing home — not to provide care, but to get rid of him. He wasn't even on an oncology unit, as we were led to believe. He was on a medical-surgical unit, left to wait for hours for pain medication and basic nursing care that would maintain his humanity. He was calling for help and having staff enter his room to turn off his call light only to be told that due to shift changes or staffing issues he must wait hours on end for his basic needs to be met. His cancer is beyond the VA’s capability — a fact they admitted in writing in December 2023 when they referred him to community oncology. And yet they misrepresented his condition to MD Anderson in order to meet their own bureaucratic needs and not his.
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Kevin is nearly blind. He is in agony. And he knows this is happening.
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We pleaded for weeks for help from local elected officials from Montgomery County since June '23, the day he was admitted. Our cries fell on deaf ears. It wasn't until we turned to social media for help that things started happening. Just a few days after we went to the internet for help our prayers were answered. 

On August 3rd, Kevin was finally transferred to MD Anderson, where he immediately received the level of care he should have had months ago. He has completed six rounds of brain radiation and is cleared to begin an experimental chemotherapy + immunotherapy treatment that could give him more precious time with his family. But that treatment is on hold—waiting for VA prior authorization. Every day lost is time we’ll never get back.
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I've taken a leave of absence from my work so I can stay at Kevin's side...because no one else is here to do it. We are currently living at the Fisher House- a place for military and veteran families to stay while their loved one is in the hospital — displaced from our own home — so Kevin does not die alone. 

Our three young sons are watching their father be discarded by the government he served, two of them with lifelong medical needs of their own.
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We tell our children “Once a Marine, Always a Marine” and “we never leave a man behind.” But Kevin has been left behind. If we were still active duty, this would never be allowed to happen. He would be treated with honor, dignity, and the full support of the military family.
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This isn’t just cancer — he was poisoned by the burn pits overseas, his cancer is covered under the PACT Act and he is dying for it. He deserves the same care and support he would receive if he were still serving abroad.
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How You Can Help

Your donations and support are greatly appreciated and help us in so many ways and we couldn't do what we're doing without them. But the things we need now the most, the things we need you to scream from the rooftops are:
 

• Immediate VA approval and payment for chemotherapy + immunotherapy so Kevin can start treatment now.

• Correcting Kevin’s military retirement status to 100% Permanent & Total, medically retired, and recognized as instrumentality of war.

• Ensuring survivor benefits for his children, including TRICARE coverage and financial stability.

• Securing a full military funeral with honors when the time comes.

• Travel and visitation support so fellow Marines and loved ones can be at his side

• Military Support! If this had happened during wartime, we'd have a CACO officer, Gold Star Status, and more military support than we know what to do with. But because his death comes slowly...because he was poisoned and not shot...our cries fall on deaf ears from the Corps.
  
   

The PACT act is an agreement. A promise to our service men and women that the government had their backs, that they would do what is right. One that they are failing to meet.  

Kevin fought for his country without hesitation. Now, we’re asking for your help to fight for him. Stand with us. Help us secure the dignity, care, and legacy that Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd has earned.