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CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACE
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 22, 1935 – June 22, 1965
Service recordCharles Kennedy Lovelace, of New Bern, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 22, 1965, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 22, 1935
- Home of record
- New Bern, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 16
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN EDGAR MOUGIER JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1965
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- FRANK LESLIE ADAMSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
From New Bern
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · February 29, 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.