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JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJulio A Torres-Rodriguez, of Coamo, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Coamo, Puerto Rico (Coamo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 33
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- DAVID VERBILLAPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES GORDON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 21
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 26
- JOEL CHARLES KERVINPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- GARY NOBORU KAWAMURAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 28
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.