Dmitry Fedorovich Loza (Russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Лоза; 14 April 1922 – 22 May 2001) was a Ukrainian Red Army Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Loza was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of a tank battalion in the Vienna Offensive.

[1] Dmitry Loza was born on 14 April 1922 in the village of Kolesnikovka in Kupyansky Uyezd of the Kharkov Governorate to a peasant family.

Loza distinguished himself in the battle for the village of Latyshi, Smolensk Oblast, on 14 August, leading the company into the attack three times.

After advancing 100 kilometers, the battalion broke through to Vienna on 9 April, holding there for a day before the arrival of the rest of the brigade.

[1] After his retirement in 1967, he worked as a senior fellow at the Research Institute and was an associate professor, as well as a Candidate of Military Sciences.