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EDWARD API LOVELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1926 – December 28, 1965
Service recordEdward Api Lovell, of Fairborn, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1926
- Home of record
- Fairborn, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1965
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 43
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD CARROLL GRELLASpecialist Five · December 28, 1965
- GERALD LOREN KUHNLYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1965
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 43
- DONALD CARROLL GRELLASpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 43
- GERALD LOREN KUHNLYSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 43
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 44
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 44
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 44
From Fairborn
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL OBENOURSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
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.