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RAYFON LOFTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 11, 1944 – August 23, 1966
Service recordRayfon Lofton, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 31
- WILLIAM BARTON HEPBURNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- PETER QUILICI JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.