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BERNARD JAMES LOVETT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 24, 1944 – October 16, 1970
Service recordBernard James Lovett JR, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 4
- JOHN DEWEY LIVINGSTONSergeant · October 16, 1970
- DAVID ALAN MOOREPrivate First Class · October 16, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 1970
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 17, 1970
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.