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ANTHONY WILFRED TORRES
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1925 – May 4, 1968
Service recordAnthony Wilfred Torres, of Mt Holly, New Jersey, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 41
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1925
- Home of record
- Mt Holly, New Jersey (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 41
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · May 4, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN YERIONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 30
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 32
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 39
From Mt Holly
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EISTERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL REEVESPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · September 24, 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.