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RENE CERDA LOPEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1940 – June 12, 1966
Service recordRene Cerda Lopez, of Ft Campbell, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 42
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Campbell, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 42
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · Panel 8E, Line 42
- BILLY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 43
From Ft Campbell
- JOSEPH DANIEL BAILEYSergeant First Class · October 20, 1965
- ARLEN CLIFTON TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1965
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.