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JERRY WAYNE LOFTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – April 14, 1970
Service recordJerry Wayne Lofton, of Natchez, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Natchez, Mississippi (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 3
- HAROLD VAN CUMMINGS JRLance Corporal · April 14, 1970
- ALAN DALE HELMICKSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- RONALD IRVIN MCDONALDAirman First Class · April 14, 1970
- PAUL FREDERICK SAYERSSergeant · April 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DOUGLAS SCHULZSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 4
From Natchez
- JOHNNIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DAVID E JOHNSONSergeant · June 22, 1967
- EARNEST GLYNN NELSONStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- THOMAS WARING BENNETT JRMajor · December 22, 1972
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.