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JOSEPH ALAN LOFTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1945 – November 12, 1969
Service recordJoseph Alan Lofton, of Akron, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Rotary Wing Pilot (I) (7597)
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 65
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- GORDON WESLEY LOGAN JRCorporal · November 12, 1969
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.