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DANIEL TORRES PEREZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1942 – April 24, 1967
Service recordDaniel Torres Perez, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 81
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JAMES GERARD POMERLEAUCorporal · April 24, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- PHILIP HOWARD SAUERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.