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ERNEST LOPEZ MORA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1948 – November 11, 1968
Service recordErnest Lopez Mora, of Fresno, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 51
- ROBERT JOHN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- LANNY JOSEPH NORMANPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAIR REAMS JRMajor · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 48
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 49
- GARY ALFRED RUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 52
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.