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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harry William Love JR.

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HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JR

Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps

March 24, 1945 – June 30, 1965

Service record

Harry William Love JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 25

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
Born
March 24, 1945
Home of record
Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 30, 1965
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 25

From Charlotte

All 88 names from Charlotte →

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.