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LAWRENCE RENALDO LOPES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1944 – March 27, 1968
Service recordLawrence Renaldo Lopes, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 47
- RALPH J HORNADAYCaptain · March 27, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES JUDGE JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE LUCASPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY GENE ADAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 43
- JOHN HOWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 44
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 44
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- ROGER WAYNE OVERSTREETCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 48
- CLIFFORD LEROY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 52
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.