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PETER JOHN LOVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1948 – August 2, 1968
Service recordPeter John Lovan, of Elmont, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Elmont, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 51
- LARRY ALLEN JAMERSONCorporal · August 2, 1968
- KENNETH RAY JONESLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY KELLYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- PAUL FRANKLIN LUCETechnical Sergeant · August 2, 1968
From Elmont
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MORIARTYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · July 28, 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.