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ARNOLD LOVINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1950 – August 9, 1971
Service recordArnold Lovins, of London, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1950
- Home of record
- London, Kentucky (Laurel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 126
- WILLIE ROGERS WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · August 7, 1971
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · August 8, 1971
- THOMAS MAURICE HANKINSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1971
- HAROLD BROWN FLYNNPetty Officer Second Class · August 9, 1971
From London
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- JOHNNY PATTON FIECHTERLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- PHILLIP GENE CREECHCorporal · March 2, 1970
- TINSLEY JACK WELLS JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
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.