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JOSE MIGUEL TORO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – June 21, 1969
Service recordJose Miguel Toro, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 109
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 109
- DENNIS MICHAEL RESINGERSergeant · June 21, 1969
- HARLIS CALVIN SALESSergeant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM G SCHANCK JRSecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- KENNETH JOHN SUSMARSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALVIN DANIELS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 104
- CHARLES GONZIE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 105
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 105
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 106
- EDWIN PEREZ PAGANSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 107
- JOHNNY WENDELL PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 108
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.