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FREDERICK GEORGE LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordFrederick George Lopez, of Manteca, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Manteca, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 8
- GEOVEL LOPEZ-GARCIACorporal · February 12, 1968
- DONNIE JOE MARLARSergeant · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER MAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- LESTER EUGENE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 13
From Manteca
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JAMES EARL LOWRYLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
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.