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FRANK CHICO TORRES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1946 – May 5, 1967
Service recordFrank Chico Torres JR, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 47
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JOSEPH WHITNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- GREGORY WAYNE WOODSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOAQUIN ARZUAGASergeant · Panel 19E, Line 42
- PAUL J HICKSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 43
- MELVIN ONEAL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19E, Line 44
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 45
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 45
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 46
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 46
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 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.