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CRAIG JOHN LOFTUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – January 9, 1969
Service recordCraig John Loftus, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 62
- THOMAS JAMES SHAFERCaptain · January 9, 1969
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE BOYD HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.