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CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERI
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 18, 1933 – October 20, 1966
Service recordCharles Ehnstrom Tofferi, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 20, 1966, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 92
- JERRY WAYNE HAUFSpecialist Four · October 20, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER J J MILLERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD SISKCorporal · October 20, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
From Fitchburg
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 1969
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.