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JOSE ENRIQUE TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – March 4, 1968
Service recordJose Enrique Torres, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 1
- MICHAEL TOLLEYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD TOMLINSONSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- EVERETT JOSE VALANDINGHAMSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- ANGEL RUDY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 60
- JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 62
- DAVID PETER GOLDSMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 64
- RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 65
- RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 67
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 68
- ROBERT EDWIN POESpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 70
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.