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JOHN LOVE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1942 – May 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Love JR, of Hollywood, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 75
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 75
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
From Hollywood
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRED EUGENE TATELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · August 20, 1968
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.