- SURNAME
Lovelace
- FORENAME
James Derek
- UNIT
U.S.N. BUD/S Class 319
- RANK
Seaman
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
6th May 2016
- AGE
21
- GRAVESITE
Barrancas Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA. Section 55, site 1183
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 27.05.1994
from Crestview,Florida
son of James and late (died 2015) Katie Lovelace
graduated Crestview High School
attended Faulkner State Community College,Bay Minette,Alabama
entered service November 2015
graduated Boot Camp January 2016
BUD/S April 2016
died during pool training in first week Coronado,California
Derek Lovelace, age 21 of Crestview, passed away May 6, 2016, while following his dream of becoming a Navy SEAL. He was born in Landstuhl, Germany on May 27, 1994. Derek joined the US Navy and graduated basic training on January 28, 2016 in Great Lakes, Illinois. He passed away during his SEAL training in San Diego, CA. Derek played baseball at Crestview High School and Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minette, AL. He also enjoyed any activity on the water. He is preceded in death by his mother, Katie Lovelace. Survivors include his father, James Lovelace; sisters, Lynsi Price of Ft. Drum, NY and Kaysi Lovelace of Crestview; grandparents, Jan Pugh of Pensacola and James and Sandi Lovelace of Beckley, WV, and Nancy Gragg of Sandy Springs, West Virginia; and numerous aunts, uncles and extended family.
DATE OF DEATH:
06-May-2016
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