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DAVID TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – November 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Torres, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 91
- MARK FRANCIS TEARLSpecialist Five · November 17, 1969
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASAirman First Class · November 17, 1969
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- KENNETH DEWAYNE HARJOSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
- CHARLES MITCHELL COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 87
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · Panel 16W, Line 87
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 88
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 90
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 90
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.