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ROBERT LOVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Love, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- CONRAD JOSEPH KUFFELSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ANTHONY LEROY LEMASergeant · January 11, 1969
- HAROLD J SLINGERLAND JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 70
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 70
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
- DARRELL EDWIN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 72
- WILLIAM ROBERT PORTER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 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.