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LOTHAR GUSTAV T TERLA
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 4, 1940 – March 9, 1970
Service recordLothar Gustav T Terla, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1970, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 TFG SQ
- Born
- November 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “4 TFG SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 101
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- EDWARD ROBINSONSpecialist Six · March 9, 1970
- LEONARD JOHN SCHOEPPNERLieutenant · March 9, 1970
- RICHARD LOUIS STILLSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM COTTENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 99
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.