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LARRY DALE LOVE
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
May 16, 1950 – January 15, 1971
Service recordLarry Dale Love, of Tazewell, Tennessee, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 15, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Tazewell, Tennessee (Claiborne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 45
- DANIEL FRANKLIN COXSpecialist Five · January 15, 1971
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · January 15, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR HARWOODSergeant First Class · January 15, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS KINSMANFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1971
From Tazewell
- RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- LEON EDWARD BARNARDPrivate First Class · May 31, 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.