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JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1941 – October 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Lopez JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 57
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 24, 1941
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 57
- EDUARDO J JIMENEZ-LORENZOSergeant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SHELTON KING JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD MILLERSergeant First Class · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE DALE ACREMajor · Panel 17W, Line 53
- ROBERT RICHARD MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 57
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 58
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.