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TED T LOCKLAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1944 – October 31, 1966
Service recordTed T Locklar, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Operation And Intelligence Nco (12D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 2
- ELEFTHERIOS PANTEL PAPPASSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.