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RICHARD LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1946 – July 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Lopez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 5 MAR
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 116
- WILLIAM GEORGE GROTHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- WARREN DEAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 24, 1967
- FRANCIS JOSEPH LUDWIGLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS MCINTYRECorporal · July 24, 1967
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.