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HECTOR LOPEZ
Private · U.S. Army
October 15, 1943 – October 6, 1965
Service recordHector Lopez, of Astoria, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 110
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 110
- JAMES NEWTON HOLBROOKPlatoon Sergeant · October 6, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 111
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 1968
- DANIEL VICTOR MICHELPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
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.