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JAMES EDWARD TORRENCE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 23, 1932 – May 18, 1971
Service recordJames Edward Torrence, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 40
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 40
- LARRY JAMES GAMMONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1971
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEORGESpecialist Four · May 18, 1971
- GARY LYNN HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Five · May 18, 1971
- RICHARD LORDY BARBEESergeant · May 19, 1971
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.