US PARAS 2 Lopez, Raymond Christopher

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lopez​

• FORENAME

Raymond Christopher​

• UNIT

1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Golf Company)​

• RANK

Sergeant​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

13th September 2021​

• AGE

30​

• GRAVESITE

St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, Fresno, California, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Fresno, California​

born 24.12.1990​

father Edmond Lopez, Jr.​

mother Vidilina Thompkins​

2008 graduated Hoover High School​

2013 enlisted. completed Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training, Fort Benning, Georgia​

2014 graduated as infantryman, assigned 75th Ranger Regiment as rifleman, assistant machine gunner and ammunition bearer​

2017 assigned to 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment as rifleman in Fort Bragg​

2019 reassigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment as petroleum heavy vehicle operator​

07.2019 deployed Afghanistan (8 months)​

awards include Army Commendation Medal with Combat (C) device​

posthumously awarded Army Commendation Medal​

posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant​

killed due car crash, Hoke County, USA​

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