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TERRY ALLEN LOFFER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 27, 1948 – June 25, 1969
Service recordTerry Allen Loffer, of Eaton, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Eaton, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 14
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- HERBERT LEONARD MEGAR JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- MITCHELL EARL NORTONFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1969
- CALVIN CHARLES RICE JRStaff Sergeant · June 25, 1969
From Eaton
- ROBERT LEROY COLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DALE EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.