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MAX ANDY LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1944 – March 8, 1967
Service recordMax Andy Lopez, of Anaheim, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 40
- RONALD EDMOND GALVINChief Petty Officer · March 8, 1967
- WILBERT JAMES GRESHAMSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 40
- JAMES WILLMER MAROONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 41
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 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.