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VICTOR LOPEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordVictor Lopez, of Solana Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 26
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
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Solana Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 26
- EARL LAROY LEIGHTONSeaman Apprentice · January 17, 1969
- JUAN ARTURO MALDONADOTechnical Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- WALTER WESLEY MARTINMajor · January 17, 1969
- STEPHEN WOODTHORPE MAYNELance Corporal · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MILAN GAHAGANSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 24
From Solana Beach
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JOHN LEE BENDORSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- CHARLES DRAYTON HENRICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 23, 1969
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.