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DON WAYNE LOVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – August 18, 1970
Service recordDon Wayne Love, of Konawa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Konawa, Oklahoma (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 122
- GEORGE HENRY MEYERSSergeant First Class · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS HENRY PAPPENHEIMCorporal · August 18, 1970
- JOSEPH HENRY SHELTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LAVON GUNDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 121
- JIMMY RONALD WALTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 123
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.