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FRANCIS SAN NICOLAS TORRE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1946 – February 19, 1968
Service recordFrancis San Nicolas Torre, of Mangilao, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Mangilao, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 40E, Line 33
- TERRY LEE SCHAUBPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT EMMETT TYNERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
From Mangilao
- JESUS ROSA MARIANOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- MARK FREDERICK BIAGINISergeant · June 13, 1972
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.