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JAMES THOMAS LOVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – July 7, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas Love, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 37
- STEPHEN HERMAN LEWISLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- JOHN BOBBY MORENOSergeant · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRANT PENDLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CECIL JOHNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 36
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 37
- LEONARD COSBY SHARPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 39
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.