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MANUEL ROMERO TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – April 26, 1970
Service recordManuel Romero Torres, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 56
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GERARD FRANCIS OCONNORWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 1970
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSCorporal · April 26, 1970
- JOSE GILBERTO VAZQUEZStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER KESTUTIS BOYEVCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 54
- DAVID JEROME GEISERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 55
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.