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GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge Ronald Lovellette, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 14
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
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 14
- RICHARD WALTER KULPASpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- MICHAEL FREDRICK MAYSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
- DOUGLAS FRED MENARDHospitalman · March 2, 1969
- MARIO JUAN MENDIASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 13
- JOHN ANTHONY PETRICMajor · Panel 30W, Line 15
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
From Urbana
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
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.