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FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – January 25, 1969
Service recordFernando Leonard Lozano, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 77
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 77
- ROBERT MALCOLM LANGSLOWHospitalman · January 25, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED LUCKEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JOSEPH LYNN MEADEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- RONALD DAVID MELTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 73
- RALPH LEWIS GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 76
- ANDERSON DON BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 78
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 80
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.