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JOEL CONRAD LOFTIS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 17, 1946 – June 7, 1969
Service recordJoel Conrad Loftis, of La Marque, Texas, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 104
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- La Marque, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 104
- BENJAMIN LEE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- STEVEN HUGH MONTGOMERYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MOTTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- BRUCE ALAN PANKUCHPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
From La Marque
- JOHN WILLIAM WILT JRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- SIDNEY WADE FLEMINGLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- MICHAEL OLAN BATSONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- BELVIN LIGHTFOOTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- DAVID JERRELL ENMONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- HARRY WADE HORTON JRSecond Lieutenant · December 22, 1967
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.