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ESTEVAN TORRES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1931 – March 22, 1968
Service recordEstevan Torres, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 2, 1931
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 61
- JOHN CURTIS WELLSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- C W RICHARD WILLIAMSSergeant · March 22, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT BELLAMYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LINWOOD DWIGHT MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 45E, Line 59
- JOHN CURTIS WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 61
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.