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LANCE MICHAEL LOFMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – June 27, 1970
Service recordLance Michael Lofman, of Miami, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 98
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Single Engine (101B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 98
- JERRY MICHAEL CAREYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- ALAN DAVID GARDNERMajor · June 27, 1970
- STEVEN LANCE HIENSMANPrivate First Class · June 27, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLLISTERSpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY MORGAN PRIDGENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 99
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.