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JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ-COLON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1942 – February 17, 1966
Service recordJuan Antonio Lopez-Colon, of Loiza, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Loiza, Puerto Rico (Loiza County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 42
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- WILLIAM E LEATHERWOOD JRSecond Lieutenant · February 17, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOHN BENKE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- LEN E CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- LUIS DELA TORREPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- GARY BRUCE GORTONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 41
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 42
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 42
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- THOMAS EVERETT RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- DAVID ELGA WHITTENSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 44
- MARK HILLARY ZELDESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 44
From Loiza
- DANIEL SANTOS-TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
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.