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DARRELL STEVE LOVE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 16, 1944 – November 2, 1968
Service recordDarrell Steve Love, of Clearwater, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 8
- MURIEL STANLEY GROOMESLance Corporal · November 2, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HUFSCHMIDMajor · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
- JAMES IRWIN SCHLINGERWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE HUFSCHMIDMajor · Panel 39W, Line 8
From Clearwater
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
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.