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GLEN DORSE LOFTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 24, 1930 – June 11, 1966
Service recordGlen Dorse Lofton, of Lyford, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 37
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1930
- Home of record
- Lyford, Texas (Willacy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 37
- DONEL RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- OLIVER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 34
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.