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EZEQUIEL TORRES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1949 – October 28, 1969
Service recordEzequiel Torres JR, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1949
- Home of record
- New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 1
- BRUCE ALLEN UGELSTADSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- JOHN PAUL WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · October 28, 1969
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- GERALD THOMAS GREENO JRSpecialist Five · October 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EUGENE CAMPBELLCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 126
- JOHN PAUL WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 1
From New Braunfels
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENITO MORALESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · February 10, 1968
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1970
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.