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ANGELO TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1946 – April 1, 1967
Service recordAngelo Torres, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 89
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1967
- MANUEL BURROLA VALLEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 83
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- GARY LEE FAUCETTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 84
- RENE FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 84
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 85
- VICTOR EUGENE PRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 86
- RICHARD MEAD WATERBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 89
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.