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EDGARDO RAFAEL LATORRE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – August 20, 1969
Service recordEdgardo Rafael Latorre, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 80
- JIMMY LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- RICHARD ROBERT MCINTOSHSergeant · August 20, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FRANK RODNEY NESTORPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESTER J BRANTLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 76
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.