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RIGOBERTO TORRES-LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – June 16, 1968
Service recordRigoberto Torres-Lopez, of San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 10
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- San Sebastian, Puerto Rico (San Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 10
- ROBERT EDWARD TULLYStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES V VASQUEZ JRCorporal · June 16, 1968
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · June 16, 1968
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 1
- JAN ARTHUR CARMODYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 1
- GARY CAROL HUTCHERSONSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 4
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 5
- JAMES LOUIS MARTINSpecialist Five · Panel 56W, Line 6
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 7
- CHARLES ALLEN RYGGPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 8
- DONALD HENRY STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 9
- JOHN ROBERT TAGUESpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 9
- WALTER DARRYL WEEKSSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 10
- WHITNEY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 10
- ALFRED EVARTS WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 11
From San Sebastian
- DURAN MIGUEL DEJESUS VERAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- JOSE MARTINEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JIMENEZ-ACEVEDOSpecialist Five · October 11, 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.