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BEN LOPEZ HERRERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – August 10, 1968
Service recordBen Lopez Herrera, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 41
- ALBERT RANDELL HAYNESPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLINLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · August 10, 1968
- MARK DOUGLAS JACKSSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HOOVER MELOYStaff Sergeant · Panel 49W, Line 42
- CARLOS MANUEL RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 49W, Line 44
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.