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ROBERT DIAS LOPEZ
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 23, 1946 – June 1, 1970
Service recordRobert Dias Lopez, of Tolleson, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 131
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- February 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Tolleson, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 131
- RICKEY LAYNE JERGENSONPrivate First Class · June 1, 1970
- ROGER JOSEPH KOSTKASpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
- DAVID CAMPBELL MOSSNERStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1970
- JOHN MARTIN MULCAHYLieutenant · June 1, 1970
From Tolleson
- DARRYL MESSERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ARTHUR ALEN OBRIENLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · September 27, 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.