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EDWARD LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – December 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Lopez, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 59
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
- Recovery Specialist (63F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 59
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK NUGENTPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DARYL WAYNE PATRICKSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 58
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 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.