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ALFREDO LOPEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – September 10, 1968
Service recordAlfredo Lopez JR, of Kyle, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 94 ARTY
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Kyle, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 17
- RONALD GORDON HACKSpecialist Five · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JERNIGANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1968
- LOYD ELLIS JONESPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS EARL LANGHPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Kyle
- MICHAEL RODNEY DORMANStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
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.