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PETER LOUIS LOVETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1946 – January 24, 1968
Service recordPeter Louis Lovett, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 23
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- DANIEL WILDER KENTCaptain · January 24, 1968
- FERDINAND J KORNICK JRCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HAROLD IVAN LOYDSergeant · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 20
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 20
- JAMES MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LUNN MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 24
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 25
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.