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LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – May 12, 1970
Service recordLeopoldo Ayala Lopez, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 26
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- STAN MENDYSpecialist Six · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES MILNESpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 21
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 22
- ARDIE RAY COPASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 23
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 25
- THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 29
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.