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JOSE DEJESUS LOPEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordJose Dejesus Lopez, of Soledad, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Soledad, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 89
- GEORGE ARTHUR LINKPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- POLLARD HUGH MERCER JRMajor · January 20, 1968
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- CLARENCE E MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
From Soledad
- WALTER FRANCIS SKINNERPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- RODOLFO CARRILLO SERRANOCorporal · April 1, 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.