Joe Eddie Lofton

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12 Oct 2004 Front L to R, Timothy M. Kiester, Mike Rohdy Back L to R -Collis C. Holcombe, Joe E. Lofton (KIA 8-19-68), Colombo P. Del Terzo (KIA 9-17-68), Billy Wells (KIA 10-3-68) Photo courtesy of Roger Smith REMEMBERED by his comrades in the 5th Infantry

A Note from The Virtual Wall On the morning of 19 August 1968 A Troop, 3/4th Cavalry, was ambushed while moving from Cu Chi to Tay Ninh on Highway 26. Elements of the 1st Bn, 5th Infantry, and 4th Bn, 23rd Infantry, were introduced into the fight. Later in the day, B Company, 1/5 Infantry, was tasked with escorting a unit from the 3/4th Cavalry, into Dau Tieng. Shortly before 7 PM, the combined force was hit by rocket-propelled grenade fire, damaging several APCs and tanks. Supporting arms fires were called in, allowing the force to move through the ambush area, arriving at Dau Tieng just before 8 PM. The 1/5 Infantry lost 9 men during the day, while 3/4 Cavalry lost 6 men: A Trp, 3rd Sqdn, 4th Cav Rgt 1SG John V. Veara, El Paso, TX SGT Terry A. Hodges, Charlotte, NC SGT Dwayne E. Kever, Heber Springs, AR SP4 Roy A. Harbaugh, Dauphin, PA PFC Leonard E. Sexton, Cookstown, NJ HHT, 3rd Sqdn, 4th Cav Rgt SP4 Alvin H. Langford, Paterson, NJ, Medic w/ A/3/4 B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Rgt 1LT Terrence E. Butler, Ozone Park, NY SSG Aubrey R. Henley, Japan SP4 Willie S. Fields, Macon, GA SP4 Joe E. Lofton, Mantee, MS SP4 Jack P. Pashano, Polacca, AZ SP4 Arthur Watson, Smithfield, NC PFC Richard Ramirez, McNeal, AZ PFC Frederick V. Seaborne, Merrimac, MA HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Rgt PFC Rene Serrano, New York, NY, Medic w/ A/1/5

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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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