Vaun Allen Loveday was born in 1920 at Sevierville, Tennessee the son of Luther Electra Loveday and Bennie Rauhuff Loveday. Vaun was survived by his wife, Ruth, and daughter, Peggy, and several brothers and sisters.
Vaun grew up on Young High Pike in South Knoxville and attended Young High School. He was a veteran of the United States Navy in World War II, serving on the USS Patterson, and served in the United States Army.
Private Loveday was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed in action while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 25, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
Private Loveday was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantrymans Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 12 December 1950
Pfc. Vaun A. Loveday, a member of the 2nd Infantry Division, has been killed in action in Korea, the family learned today. Death came Nov. 25 in the northern part of Korea, just six days after his last letter. His wife, Ruth and 5 year-old daughter Peggy live on Island Home Pike. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther E. Loveday of Route 9, Kimberlin Hights Road. The 25-year-old soldier had been in the Army three years. He served in the Navy during World War II and was bounded in the battle of Wake Island. After his enlistment in the Army, he was assigned to a unit in Italy and had just returned from that country when he was sent to Korea Aug. 5. He leaves five brothers, Cloe, Isaac, Verliss, Avery and Donald; two sisters, Mrs. James A. Gibson and Miss Leona Loveday and three stepbrothers, all of Knoxville.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 3 December 1923
- Date of death: 25 November 1950
- County: Knox
- Hometown: Knoxville
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
- Conflict: World War II/Korean War
- Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXI, Top Panel
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