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CARL HARVEY TORELLO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1927 – December 26, 1965
Service recordCarl Harvey Torello, of Baldwinsville, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 40
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 21, 1927
- Home of record
- Baldwinsville, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 40
- LEONIDAS RAISISSergeant · December 25, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- JOHN GARTH TOWNERCorporal · December 26, 1965
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · Panel 4E, Line 39
From Baldwinsville
- JAMES ARNOLD SEARIGHTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- THOMAS ROY WALSHPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- KARL FREDERICK PERRYFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN PAIGEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- ROBERT RAY CATHERMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.