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ANTHONY RAY LOVE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1950 – June 18, 1968
Service recordAnthony Ray Love, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 56W, Line 24
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- AMOS DAVID LAWSONLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- LEROY LELAND JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL LONGOCorporal · June 18, 1968
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
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.