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GILBERT GARCIA TORRES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1946 – January 14, 1969
Service recordGilbert Garcia Torres, of Munday, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Munday, Texas (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 1
- MARVIN L MCCULLOUGH JRCorporal · January 14, 1969
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MORANAirman First Class · January 14, 1969
- DANIEL LUKE NAPOLIPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNIE LEON BIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 87
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.