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FREDERICK EUGENE LOVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordFrederick Eugene Love, of Andover, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Andover, New Jersey (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 29
- DANIEL RAY KETTMANNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- HARRY JAY KORDASIEWICZPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- HERMAN AUGUSTA LOHMAN JRCorporal · April 6, 1968
- LARRY JEROME LYONSStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD M BARGARSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 22
- IVAN ROBERT FEBO-BETANCOURTSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 22
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 23
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 24
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · Panel 48E, Line 25
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 25
- PAUL PATRICK DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 25
- ALAN ROBERT HAUGENFirst Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 27
- JOSEPH STANLEY NITKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 31
- BENITO BOBO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 32
- DANIEL ALBERT ROCHAPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 33
- JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
- JAMES EVERETT SILFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
- ALFRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
- DANIEL RAY TWITTYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 36
- DONALD LEE WALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 36
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 37
From Andover
- ROBERT CHESTER TURNBULLFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
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.