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MATTHEW T LOZANO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – May 27, 1969
Service recordMatthew T Lozano JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 2
- JAMES PHILIP HICKEYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT ARDELL PITTSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 24W, Line 115
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 116
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 117
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 3
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.