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HENRY ROBERT LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1946 – February 5, 1967
Service recordHenry Robert Lopez, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 123
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 123
- ROBERT RAYMOND ECKERSergeant · February 5, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ELGAARDCaptain · February 5, 1967
- MICHAEL AYR LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 122
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 122
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 125
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 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.