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DONALD WALTER LOVETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1945 – December 8, 1965
Service recordDonald Walter Lovett, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 2
- DAVID JOHN RICHTSTEIGMajor · December 8, 1965
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 1965
- JAMES RAY BAILEYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 1
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
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 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.