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ISMAEL LAUREANO-LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1945 – February 20, 1968
Service recordIsmael Laureano-Lopez, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 20, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 20, 1968
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Quang Duc 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 72
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- PETER PAUL POLAKWarrant Officer 1 · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN POWERSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- DALE EUGENE RAUBERSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL OLSZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.