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GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1949 – September 10, 1970
Service recordGeorge Leonard Lopez, of Banning, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 53
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Banning, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 53
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 1970
From Banning
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1965
- VERLAND ANSEL GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- ARTHUR PAUL ROBERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.