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MANUEL VEGA TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – June 13, 1967
Service recordManuel Vega Torres, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 June 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 99
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- TOMMY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- BYRON MORROW SPEERSecond Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- GERALD CAIN STELLESergeant · June 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 96
- FRANKLIN DELANO CHOPPERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 96
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 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.