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JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJoseph Lopez Bedolla, of Gilroy, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 30
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Gilroy, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- RAYMOND M CASWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ALLEN KELNHOFERPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 32
From Gilroy
- JAMES WILBUR ERVINSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WOLFGANG WERNER KARASCHPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- CHARLES MANUEL CENTENOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- LEE ATTILIO GRECOMajor · December 6, 1966
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
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.