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SAMUEL D LOVETTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – April 30, 1969
Service recordSamuel D Lovette, of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 85
- CARL EDWARD KLEINAUSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKIFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN LAWRENCELance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
From North Wilkesboro
- FRANKLIN STEVE SHEPHERDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- FREDDIE JUNIOR DOBBINSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- EDWARD EARL PIERCECorporal · October 15, 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.