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DAVID EUGENE LOVEGREN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 21, 1949 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDavid Eugene Lovegren, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 5
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 5
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH ROBERT KING JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN MARVINSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- FRANK WILDERCorporal · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 99
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 2
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 3
- JIMMY RAY GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 3
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 4
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.