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JOHN LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1949 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Lopez, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 52
- WALTER LOREN LAMARRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD LOUIS LANCTOTSergeant · February 25, 1969
- DONALD RANDELL LEWISLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- JAMES DWIGHT LOGANLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH CHARLES BUCKINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 44
- JAMES ELROY TITUSSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 59
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.