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JULIO IGNACIO MARTIR-TORRES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1945 – September 28, 1966
Service recordJulio Ignacio Martir-Torres, of Isabela, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Isabela, Puerto Rico (Isabela County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 26
- KENNETH ARCHIBALD KEITHPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- GEORGE GERONIMO MOLINAPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- MIGUEL FERNANDO NAJARPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · September 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS TRUMAN HAYWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 25
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 27
From Isabela
- RAMON AL PELLOT-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- JUAN A SANTIAGO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JORGE LUIS MENDEZ-MATOSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RUBENEDID HERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1970
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.