THOMAS W. TRUELOVE Rank: Staff Sergeant Born: 9 April 1941 Died: 21 September 1971 County: Washington Hometown: Johnson City Service Branch: Army Division/Assignment: 159th Engineering Group, 20th Engineering Brigade Theater: Not listed Conflict: Vietnam Battles: Not listed Awards: Bronze Star Burial/Memorial Location: Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington County, TN Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Middle Panel Sponsored by: Contact us to sponsor Thomas W. Truelove Thomas William Truelove was 30 years old and the son of William Hill Truelove, a World War II veteran having served in the United States Army and Gladys J. Oliver. He was married to Songcha and they had three children. Thomas’ older brother Bobby died in the hands of our enemies as a prisoner and is still Missing in Action somewhere in North Korea. Military Data Unit 43rd Engineering Detachment, 69th Engineering Battalion, 159th Engineering Group, 20th Engineering Brigade, USARV ENG CMD, USARV Casualty Data Start Tour 19 January 1971 Incident Date 19 September 1971 Casualty Date 21 September 1971 Age at Loss 30 based on date declared dead Location , South Vietnam Remains Body recovered Casualty Type Non-hostile, died of illness or injury Casualty Reason Ground casualty Casualty Detail Vehicle loss or crash Vietnam Wall Panel 02W Line 023 Dana Lusher chap50@aol.com this was my sergeant in Long Binh Proctorville , Oh I just wanted to say that Sgt. Truelove was a great fellow to work under in nam. I was one of the mechanics working under him at long binh. I just found this site today and found his name and just wanted to say a little about what I knew about him. Thanks, Dana Sunday, October 27, 2002