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MANUEL ANTONIO TORREZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1948 – February 26, 1967
Service recordManuel Antonio Torrez, of Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico (Taos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 101
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD JOE STERLINGStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD E TOMASINI JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- JACK RILEY TRIMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 93
- OVIE EARCIL BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 93
- HARRY PHILLIP BRIGHTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 93
- LARRY R BUTCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 93
- ROBERT THOMAS CARNOSKEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 94
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 94
- JUAN GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 94
- VINCENT JUNIOR CANNIZZAROPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 95
- THEODORE H DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 95
- ROBERT LEON HARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 95
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 96
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 96
- DONALD EUGENE MADDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 97
- HUGH JOHN MCCORMACKSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 98
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 98
- RAY NIXONSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 98
- ARTHUR ALAN NIEDERMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 99
- MATTHEW THEODORE ORTONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 99
- BRADLEY LELAND POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 99
- DANNY RAY REIGSTADPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 99
- CLARENCE HOWARD RICKARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 100
- WAYNE KEITH SIPPEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 100
- RICHARD E TOMASINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 101
- JACK RILEY TRIMPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 101
From Ranchos De Taos
- ALEX EZEQUIEL MARTINEZPrivate · July 20, 1969
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.