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J C LOVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1943 – October 28, 1966
Service recordJ C Love, of Black, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Black, Alabama (Geneva County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 123
- THOMAS LEEK JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- KENNETH LYNN MADDYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT LEE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERARD ROBERT MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 124
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.