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NEAL WALLACE LOVSNES JR
Major · U.S. Army
December 1, 1938 – April 15, 1969
Service recordNeal Wallace Lovsnes JR, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 89
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 89
- CLIFFORD GEORGE LABOMBARDPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- RALPH MAYNARDSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- RONALD M MONTAPERTSecond Lieutenant · April 15, 1969
- LARRY PETER TREGRESpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 85
- TERRENCE JOHN MORTENSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 85
- DOYLE DANIEL DUNBARSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 86
- HERBERT S HILDEBRANDSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 87
- JOHN ETHRIDGE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 90
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 92
- ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG JRCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 92
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
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.