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JOSE R TORRES-RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1949 – May 1, 1969
Service recordJose R Torres-Rodriguez, of Guayama, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 95
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Guayama, Puerto Rico (Guayama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 95
- LESLIE JAMES STEWARTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- WAYNE OLIVER TAYLORPrivate · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD TINECaptain · May 1, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES VANDEVENTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Guayama
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- ANIBAL DEJESUS-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- LUIS MANUEL MARQUEZ-LOPEZSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · February 11, 1969
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.