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TORO SAUL LOPEZ-DEL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1922 – April 23, 1968
Service recordToro Saul Lopez-Del, of Guanica, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 39
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- December 22, 1922
- Home of record
- Guanica, Puerto Rico (Guanica County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 39
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- LEWIS ANDREW HARMONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
From Guanica
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- REINALDO REIN RODRIGUEZCorporal · January 16, 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.