SP4 LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL, JR.
"C" Company
720th Military Police Battalion
89th Military Police Group
18th Military Police Brigade
Age
21 - From Martinsville, Virginia
Killed in action June 6, 1968 - Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam
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LEWIS RANDOLPH JR LOVELL
is honored on Panel 59W, Row 7 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: LEWIS RANDOLPH JR LOVELL
Wall Name: LEWIS R LOVELL JR
Date of Birth: 2/5/1947
Date of Casualty: 6/6/1968
Home of Record: MARTINSVILLE
State: VA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: SP4
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: BIEN HOA
FROM "720th MILITARY POLICE
BATTALION VIET NAM PROJECT"
(http://www.720mpvietnamproject.org/honor_roll_720th/casualties_battalion/lovell_lewis_r_jr/lovell_lewis_r_jr.html)
During the hot
afternoon of Thursday, 6 June 1968, SFC Frank Alloysisu "Pappy" Condon,
age 47, of Augusta, Georgia, and SP/4 Lewis Randolph Lovell, Jr., age
21, of Martinsville, Virginia, both of C Company, were conducting a
motorized jeep patrol along Highway 317.
SP/4 Lovell the driver, proceeded along Highway 317 to the vicinity of Long Binh Post Gate #11, and turned right onto Highway QL15 where he left the paved roadway and traveled east out along a dirt trail in an area referred to as “The Finger of Land,” located in the Battalion Tactical Area of Responsibility.
The trail, approximately 400 yards long, ran east and west parallel to the southern perimeter of the post and is approximately 300 yards south of the perimeter. The area was classified as a “free fire zone.”
Approximately half way down the trail the jeep ran over a large pressure detonated Viet Cong land mine, believed to have been made from a 105 howitzer round. Both men died instantly from the powerful explosion. Their remains and those of the jeep were recovered by a C Company Reaction Force rushed to the area.
In memory of SP/4 Lovell, C Company dedicated the Day Room in 1971 as the "Lovell Enlisted Men's Lounge."
SP/4 Lovell the driver, proceeded along Highway 317 to the vicinity of Long Binh Post Gate #11, and turned right onto Highway QL15 where he left the paved roadway and traveled east out along a dirt trail in an area referred to as “The Finger of Land,” located in the Battalion Tactical Area of Responsibility.
The trail, approximately 400 yards long, ran east and west parallel to the southern perimeter of the post and is approximately 300 yards south of the perimeter. The area was classified as a “free fire zone.”
Approximately half way down the trail the jeep ran over a large pressure detonated Viet Cong land mine, believed to have been made from a 105 howitzer round. Both men died instantly from the powerful explosion. Their remains and those of the jeep were recovered by a C Company Reaction Force rushed to the area.
In memory of SP/4 Lovell, C Company dedicated the Day Room in 1971 as the "Lovell Enlisted Men's Lounge."
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: LOVELL
First name: LEWIS RANDOLPH JR
Home of Record (official): MARTINSVILLE
State (official): VA
Date of Birth: Wednesday, February 5, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 11567236
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B20
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, December 20, 1967
Date of Casualty: Thursday, June 6, 1968
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Other explosive device (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Bien Hoa
The Wall: Panel 59W - Row 007
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