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JOSE MANUEL DELA TORRE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 24, 1945 – June 18, 1969
Service recordJose Manuel Dela Torre, of Fullerton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 74
- CRAIG MICHAEL CLANCYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- FRANK CRUZLance Corporal · June 18, 1969
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROBERT BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 72
- TIMOTHY JOHN CAROLANPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 73
- GEORGE DARE CARRCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 73
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.