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JAMES MELVIN TRUELOVE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – April 8, 1969
Service recordJames Melvin Truelove, of Sulligent, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Sulligent, Alabama (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 42
- JACKIE LEE TATEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- VINCENT ANDREW TAYLORSergeant · April 8, 1969
- CARL REGINALD VANNPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WALLACECorporal · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES ALAIMOSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 35
- ROBERT ALAN FULKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 37
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GIUNTACorporal · Panel 27W, Line 38
- ORVILLE LEE KNIGHTCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 39
- JAMES RUSSELL OBANIONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 39
- ROBERT MICHAEL RASMUSSENCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 40
- LARRY DOUGLAS SIMPSONCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 41
- GERRAL AUBREY SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 41
- WILLIAM OWEN STEEDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 41
- VINCENT ANDREW TAYLORSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 42
- JOHN EDWARD WALLACECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 42
From Sulligent
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- JACK VANN CRUMPFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1969
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.