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LOUIS FERNDEZ TORRES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1946 – March 7, 1967
Service recordLouis Ferndez Torres, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 38
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 38
- CHARLES DAVID RIKARDStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1967
- JOHN AULDE SICKEL IIISpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- RALPH LLOYD STILLWAGONERSpecialist Five · March 7, 1967
- LANNY GAYLE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 34
- STEPHEN PAUL BLANCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 34
- OSCAR EDWARD CHAMBERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 34
- DEAN FRANKLIN FOXSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 35
- DWIGHT BENNIE MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 36
- WAYNE EDWARD MEESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 36
- THOMAS LASANDA SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 37
- LARRY DEAN WATTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 37
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.