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PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – February 25, 1971
Service recordPeter Mitchell Lopez JR, of Spring Valley, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 6
- LUIS A QUINONES-RODRIQUEZPrivate · February 25, 1971
- RICHARD KEITH SOMERSMajor · February 25, 1971
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1971
- ROY LYNN PETTYSergeant · February 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE BAINESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 4
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 5
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 5
From Spring Valley
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- DAVID RUSSELL JONESLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SEAMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- KELLY WAYNE WEITZELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
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.