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JAMES EDWARD LOVE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1942 – December 5, 1965
Service recordJames Edward Love, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 5, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 131
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 131
- CHARLES EDWARD MANZANARESSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- DONALD WILLIS MCCAMMONPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JRLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
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.