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THOMAS GRANT LOVLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1944 – March 2, 1970
Service recordThomas Grant Lovley, of Presque Isle, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Presque Isle, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 75
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAY PARTINGTONLance Corporal · March 2, 1970
- DANNY JOE QUAITESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SKIBBESecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
From Presque Isle
- RICHARD BERUBESpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
- JAMES RODNEY SOWERSSergeant · May 12, 1969
- STEVEN LINDSEY PORTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- RAYMOND NELSON PELKEYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- STUART ALAN WOODMANCorporal · May 31, 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.