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The 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, enters Snuol, Cambodia, 4 May 1970.
The 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, enters Snuol, Cambodia, 4 May 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Maximiliano Davila-Torres.

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MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRES

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 17, 1948 – May 22, 1970

Service record

Maximiliano Davila-Torres, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10W · Line 80

Position of Panel 10W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
25 INF DIV
Born
November 17, 1948
Home of record
San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 22, 1970
Age
21
Country
Cambodia
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.

He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.

Also on Panel 10W, Line 80

Same unit, same day

From San Juan

All 12 names from San Juan →

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.