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VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – November 10, 1967
Service recordVictor R Velazquez-Lopez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 69
- WILLIAM TONY BROCKPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ALFRED TIMMSPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JIMMIE CARL WALLACESpecialist Five · November 10, 1967
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 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.