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CLYDE CURTIS LOVE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – May 18, 1972
Service recordClyde Curtis Love, of Keating, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1972, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Keating, Oregon (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1972; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Giang Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 28
- WESLEY DALLAS RATZELCaptain · October 20, 1971
- SANTIAGO HERRERA ESCOBARSpecialist Four · May 19, 1972
- DEAN KENT LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1972
- CLARENCE PAUL LEWISFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1972
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.