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RAMON LOPEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1930 – March 13, 1968
Service recordRamon Lopez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1930
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 38
- DREK ALLEN LANDESSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- EDILBERTO DULA MACAGBAPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1968
- LARRY JAY MOOREPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH MOOREStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DON CRAWFORDSergeant First Class · Panel 44E, Line 33
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.