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FREDDY LEE TORRANCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – July 6, 1966
Service recordFreddy Lee Torrance, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 3
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- CONRAD WILLIAM SHAINAPrivate · July 6, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.