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LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordLewis Randolph Lovell JR, of Martinsville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Virginia (Martinsville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 7
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES MEENANPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ALLOYSIUS CONDONSergeant First Class · Panel 60W, Line 27
From Martinsville
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · February 24, 1968
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 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.