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LUIS TORRES-SERRANO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – July 15, 1969
Service recordLuis Torres-Serrano, of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 8 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Adjuntas, Puerto Rico (Adjuntas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 3
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- NICHOLAS LOUIS VENDITTIWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
From Adjuntas
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
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.