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BURGESS ALLEN LOVE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1948 – March 6, 1967
Service recordBurgess Allen Love, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 29
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 29
- HARRY WILLIAM KLEBERSergeant · March 6, 1967
- DOUGLAS LEE KRAMERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- LARRY ADRIAN LANDCorporal · March 6, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.