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JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 16, 1945 – April 18, 1968
Service recordJose Angel Lopez JR, of Sanger, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 40
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
- STEFAN MAZAKSergeant First Class · April 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.