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CHARLIE LOPEZ PARTIDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordCharlie Lopez Partida, of Chino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 65
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 46 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Chino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- 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 September 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 65
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- HENRY RICHARDSON PHILLIPSCaptain · September 22, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE RODGERSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
From Chino
- ARTHUR DIAZ ESQUEDAPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- ROBERT ADAM KANESKISpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- LARRY HERRERASergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.