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DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1944 – September 9, 1967
Service recordDennis Dean Loftheim, of Largo, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 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 39
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 39
From Largo
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.