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PETER LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – August 22, 1969
Service recordPeter Lopez, of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Toa Baja, Puerto Rico (Toa Baja County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 99
- HOWARD FRANKLIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- BENJAMIN T WALANGITANGSergeant · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM J ZELTNER IIICorporal · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD EDWARD CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 92
- DOMINICK JOSEPH MADONNASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 96
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPEIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 98
From Toa Baja
- RAFAEL C CARMONA-MEDINAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HECTOR LUGO-MOJICACorporal · August 18, 1968
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.