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EDWARD LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordEdward Lopez, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 48
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SB 2 BN 32 ARTY
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 48
- HAYWOOD MAHONE JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HARRELD PIRTLE MARTINCaptain · August 23, 1968
- CHESTER HOWARD MAYCorporal · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT GAIL MILLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.