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EDWARD JOSEPH LOPEZ
Private · U.S. Army
May 23, 1944 – November 28, 1971
Service recordEdward Joseph Lopez, of Delano, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 76
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Delano, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 76
- WILL ROY DANTZLERSpecialist Six · November 28, 1971
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · November 28, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH LADENSACKFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1971
From Delano
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · January 5, 1967
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 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.