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CHARLES EDWARD LOFTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1930 – September 21, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Lofton, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 102
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 102
- EDGAR JAMES GUINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN HAMBLINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- BRENT ARTHUR HOLTELance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- MERLIN CLARENCE STELPFLUGCorporal · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT STANLEY BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 98
- MERLIN CLARENCE STELPFLUGCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 102
- DAVID GEORGE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 110
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.