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ROBERT LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1944 – March 1, 1966
Service recordRobert Lopez, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 94
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.