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VERNON GLEN LOVE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1950 – March 20, 1971
Service recordVernon Glen Love, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 62
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 62
- RICK E MCFARLANDCorporal · March 20, 1971
- WILLIAM EARL ROYALChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 20, 1971
- JAMES DANIEL SCHOOLEYSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JOHN LEROY TRUESDELLSergeant · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD KINGSLEYCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 61
- ROBERT PHILLIPS MARTIN JRCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 61
- RICK E MCFARLANDCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 62
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.