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TEDDY CARL LOFTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – April 4, 1969
Service recordTeddy Carl Loftin, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 11
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 11
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1969
- TERRILL MICHAEL LISLEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- DANN JOSEPH LOBKERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- KENNETH GENE MISNERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH BRADLEY JAMESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 10
- ROGERS PULLINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 12
- THOMAS HERMAN WEIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 12
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.