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JOSE TORRES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1944 – February 28, 1966
Service recordJose Torres, of Sinton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 89
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- July 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Sinton, Texas (San Patricio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 89
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ANDY MCGUIRE JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN WOLCHESKILance Corporal · February 28, 1966
From Sinton
- EDWARDO JOSE GONZALESLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · April 12, 1968
- DOMINGO RAUL GONZALESStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- ROBERTO ESCOBEDOPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.