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CARLOS VEGA-LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1946 – November 27, 1968
Service recordCarlos Vega-Lopez, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 4 BN 9 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 80
- WILLIAM RAYMOND THIEMSergeant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN BURDETTE ULFERSSergeant · November 27, 1968
- EDWARD BARRY VOGELColonel · November 27, 1968
- RANDALL WILLIAM WAGNERCorporal · November 27, 1968
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 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.