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LELAND EDDY LOFSTROM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1949 – May 15, 1968
Service recordLeland Eddy Lofstrom, of Oakland, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 25
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 25
- DAVID JOSEPH LATORIAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JAMES HARVEY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MARSHALLPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE MIDTHUNPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
From Oakland
- VICTOR M PLOURDESpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
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.