Walter Loving, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Loving

African American soldier and musician

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1872

Place of Birth: Lovingston, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1945

Profession: musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Walter Howard Loving (December 17, 1872 – February-March 1945) was an African American soldier and musician most noted for his leadership of the Philippine Constabulary Band.
The son of a former slave, Loving led the band during the 1909 U.S.
presidential inaugural parade, where it formed the official musical escort to the President of the United States, the first time a band other than the U.S.
Marine Band had been assigned that duty.
Loving is believed to have been the first African American to conduct a musical performance in the White House. In addition to his long career in military music, Loving also worked with the U.S.
Army's intelligence division during World War I, and, in private life, as a real estate investor in the San Francisco Bay area.
Toward the end of his life he returned to the Philippines.
Loving was killed in 1945 during the Battle of Manila in dramatic, though unclear, circumstances.
He posthumously received the Philippines' Presidential Merit Award.