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ADOLFO GONZALEZ-LOPEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1950 – February 25, 1971
Service recordAdolfo Gonzalez-Lopez, of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico (Juana Diaz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 4
- TOMMIE BAINESStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1971
- DAVID ALLEN BARTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- DENNIS ALLEN DAVISONPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1971
- MICHAEL KEVIN MALONEYCaptain · February 25, 1971
From Juana Diaz
- NOE MIRANDA-PEREZPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- HECTOR RIVERA-COLONSergeant First Class · May 27, 1968
- LIONEL MALDONADO-TORRESCorporal · September 17, 1968
- LUIS ALFONSO VELEZ-RIVERASergeant · October 4, 1968
- GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.