L. V. Teeter was born on November 25, 1918 in Fulton County, Indiana. He was graduated from the high school at Fulton and was an engineering student at Purdue University for three years prior to his enlistment in the Army Air Corps in 1939. Col. Teeter was a flying instructor at Cochran Field, Ga., for several years before he was sent to the China-India-Burma war theater in July 1944. L. V. was Killed in Action on January 3, 1945 when his plane was shot down by Jap gunfire on a bombing mission over Luichow, China but was reported missing. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines. He also has a cenotaph located in Sycamore Memorial Park, Talma, Fulton County, Indiana.

Lieutenant Colonel Teeter was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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