Lothar Gustav T. Terla

Vietnam War
Unit4th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromScranton Pennsylvania
Date of DeathMarch 9 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Terla was a member of the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Udorn Air Base, Thailand. On March 9, 1970, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on an operational mission over Attopeu Province, Laos. When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.