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RONALD HARRY LOFTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – August 15, 1967
Service recordRonald Harry Lofton, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 114
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 114
- ROBERT ALLEN KOLASLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- EARL WAYNE LONGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MCCORMACKStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1967
- JAMES ELDRIE MILLIGANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.