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JOHN ARTHUR LOVE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Love, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 104
- RANDY K BRONSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- PAUL ROGER LUKINSCaptain · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD MALECKICorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 95
- WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 97
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.