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LUPE PAUL LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – December 29, 1967
Service recordLupe Paul Lopez, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 95
- JACK MCCRARYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- LEO MENENDEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- HENRY LORANZE MORGANSergeant · December 29, 1967
- STEVEN DOUGLAS MUNDENPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE HERBERT BEALSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 90
- LARRY R DOYLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 92
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.