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RUDY LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordRudy Lopez, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 12
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · May 10, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND OVESONLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN BOCHESpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- GARY LEE GADZIALAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 7
- DONALD LEWIS HARDENSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 8
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 12
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.